Bug#361408: Further information

[martin f krafft]

also sprach Detlef Schmicker <d.schmicker at physik.de> [2006.06.28.0922 +0200]:
> $ cat /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf
> DEVICE partitions
> CREATE owner=root group=disk mode=0660
> ARRAY /dev/md0 level=raid1 num-devices=2 devices=/dev/hda2
> ARRAY /dev/md1 level=raid1 num-devices=2 devices=/dev/hda3
> ARRAY /dev/md2 level=raid1 num-devices=2 devices=/dev/hda1,/dev/hdc1

I suggest using UUIDs instead, as that will be a lot more robust
when the kernel decides to rename devices. It happens.

> as mkconf gives
> 
> sarge:/etc/mdadm# /usr/share/mdadm/mkconf
> DEVICE partitions
> CREATE owner=root group=disk mode=0660 auto=yes metadata=1
> ARRAY /dev/md0 level=raid1 num-devices=2
> UUID=f00c2d56:12d94a71:7544ea96:bac045d0
> ARRAY /dev/md1 level=raid1 num-devices=2
> UUID=bab67f93:8d6ae88c:a94069f9:03661a7a
> ARRAY /dev/md2 level=raid1 num-devices=2
> UUID=7f96e6c7:6f4e22b9:95d187de:8bb4fa04
> ARRAY /dev/md0 level=raid1 num-devices=2
> UUID=8be3aeb5:6621388f:f8a154d8:ca63d2a6
> ARRAY /dev/md1 level=raid1 num-devices=2
> UUID=53f86543:986d4080:3564d273:2586e4f0

Yes, this *is* weird. Could you please post the output of

  for dev in /dev/[hs]d[a-z]*; do mdadm -E $dev 2>/dev/null && echo --; done

Thanks,

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