Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 07 Feb 2006 07:46:59 -0800 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: [klibc] Re: Exporting which partitions to md-configure |
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Luca Berra wrote: > >> This, in fact is *EXACTLY* what we're talking about; it does require >> autoassemble. Why do we care about the partition types at all? The >> reason is that since the md superblock is at the end, it doesn't get >> automatically wiped if the partition is used as a raw filesystem, and >> so it's important that there is a qualifier for it. > > I don't like using partition type as a qualifier, there is people who do > not wish to partition their drives, there are systems not supporting > msdos like partitions, heck even m$ is migrating away from those. >
That's why we're talking about non-msdos partitioning schemes.
> In any case if that has to be done it should be done into mdadm, not > in a different scrip that is going to call mdadm (behaviour should be > consistent between mdadm invoked by initramfs and mdadm invoked on a > running system).
Agreed. mdadm is the best place for it.
> If the user wants to reutilize a device that was previously a member of > an md array he/she should use mdadm --zero-superblock to remove the > superblock. > I see no point in having a system that tries to compensate for users not > following correct procedures. sorry.
You don't? That surprises me... making it harder for the user to have accidental data loss sounds like a very good thing to me.
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