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Re: mdadm and UUIDs for its component drives



also sprach Tom H <tomh0665@gmail.com> [2011.06.26.2328 +0200]:
> "mdadm --examine /dev/sda1" returns mdadm UUIDs of the array and
> the partition. (I've never seen the mdadm UUID of a partition be
> used for anything. Can an array be assembled by referring to an
> mdadm UUID of a partition to add a partition? Would it make any
> sense?!)

Partitions do not have UUIDs. What you are seeing are the MD UUIDs
stored in the superblock of the sda1 device.

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