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972ee725 | 2 | .TH MDASSEMBLE 8 "" v3.1.4 |
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3 | .SH NAME |
4 | mdassemble \- assemble MD devices | |
5 | .I aka | |
93e790af | 6 | Linux Software RAID |
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7 | |
8 | .SH SYNOPSIS | |
9 | ||
10 | .BI mdassemble | |
11 | ||
12 | .SH DESCRIPTION | |
13 | .B mdassemble | |
14 | is a tiny program that can be used to assemble MD devices inside an | |
93e790af | 15 | initial ramdisk (initrd) or initramfs; it is meant to replace the in-kernel |
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16 | automatic raid detection and activation. |
17 | It can be built statically and linked against lightweight libc alternatives, like | |
18 | .B dietlibc, | |
19 | .B klibc | |
20 | or | |
21 | .B uClibc. | |
22 | ||
23 | .SH USAGE | |
24 | Invoking | |
25 | .B mdassemble | |
26 | has the same effect as invoking | |
7e23fc43 | 27 | .B mdadm \-\-assemble \-\-scan. |
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28 | .PP |
29 | Invoking | |
30 | .B mdassemble | |
31 | a second time will make all defined arrays readwrite, this is useful if | |
32 | using the | |
33 | .B start_ro | |
34 | module parameter. | |
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35 | |
36 | .SH OPTIONS | |
37 | ||
38 | There are no options to | |
39 | .B mdassemble. | |
40 | ||
41 | .SH FILES | |
42 | ||
43 | .SS /etc/mdadm.conf | |
44 | ||
45 | The config file lists which devices may be scanned to see if | |
46 | they contain MD super block, and gives identifying information | |
47 | (e.g. UUID) about known MD arrays. See | |
48 | .BR mdadm.conf (5) | |
49 | for more details. | |
50 | ||
51 | .B mdassemble | |
52 | supports all configuration parameters defined in | |
53 | .B mdadm.conf | |
54 | with the exception of | |
55 | .B auto= | |
56 | which is supported only if mdadm was built with the | |
7e23fc43 | 57 | .B \-DMDASSEMBLE_AUTO |
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58 | define. |
59 | ||
60 | .SH SEE ALSO | |
61 | .PP | |
62 | .BR mdadm (8), | |
63 | .BR mdadm.conf (5), | |
435d4ebb | 64 | .BR md (4), |
ccf44f32 | 65 | .BR diet (1). |