linux-kernel - Re: Linux mdadm superblock question.

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Date:	Sun, 14 Feb 2010 18:53:38 +0000
From:	John Robinson <john.robinson@...nymous.org.uk>
To:	Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@...glemail.com>
CC:	Michael Evans <mjevans1983@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-raid@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Linux mdadm superblock question.

On 14/02/2010 18:40, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote:
> On Sonntag 14 Februar 2010, you wrote:
> 
>> In other words, 'auto-detection' for 1.x format devices is using an
>> initrd/initramfs.
> 
> which makes 1.x format useless for everybody who does not want to deal with 
> initrd/initramfs.

True, but afaik every distro uses an initrd/initramfs and bundles tools 
making it easy to manage and customise them, so what's the problem?

Cheers,

John.

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