Re: Rebuilding RAID 1 Array in Linux with a new hard disk after a disk fault - Howto with screen shots

[Michal <michal@ionic.co.uk>]

>> But how can this be correct when each raid partion is linked to the
>> HDD/Partions
>>
>>
>> # cat /proc/mdstat
>> Personalities : [raid1] [raid6] [raid5] [raid4]
>> md3 : active raid1 sda2[0] sdb2[1]
>>      716796096 blocks [2/2] [UU]
>>
>> md2 : active raid1 sda5[0] sdb5[1]
>>      51199040 blocks [2/2] [UU]
>>
>> md0 : active raid1 sda1[0] sdb1[1]
>>      513984 blocks [2/2] [UU]
>>
>> md1 : active raid1 sda3[0] sdb3[1]
>>      102398208 blocks [2/2] [UU]
> 
> mdadm assembles an array according to data in the superblock so it
> shouldn't matter whether the kernel recognizes sda and sdb as sdb and
> sda respectively should you plug them in differently.
> 
> 

A good point. Noted