also sprach Michael Loftis <mloftis@modwest.com> [2007.08.30.0947 +0200]: >> And that's a feature. I've seen disk corruption where a block would >> return wrong data only in 1/10 reads. On retry, it would work, and >> the RAID would hide the problem from me. I'd much rather have >> a failed drive > > Would a patch be accepted that allowed a controllable retry? It would be considered, yes. Depending on the intrusiveness and quality of the patch, it would then be accepted. The list to talk to about this is linux-raid@vger.kernel.org . >>> MDRAID RAID5 sets are non-bootable. >> >> grub2 can boot them. > > Is anyone shipping it yet though? Etch still has 0.97. http://lists.debian.org/debian-release/2007/04/msg00328.html -- .''`. martin f. krafft <madduck@debian.org> : :' : proud Debian developer, author, administrator, and user `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduck - http://debiansystem.info `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems "a kiss may ruin a human life." -- oscar wilde
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