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| ccf44f32 | 1 | .\" -*- nroff -*- |
| f3c7fda6 | 2 | .TH MDASSEMBLE 8 "" v2.2 |
| ccf44f32 NB |
3 | .SH NAME |
| 4 | mdassemble \- assemble MD devices | |
| 5 | .I aka | |
| 6 | Linux Software Raid. | |
| 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 | |
| 15 | initial ramdisk (initrd) or initramfs, it is meant to replace the in-kernel | |
| 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 | |
| 27 | .B mdadm --assemble --scan. | |
| 28 | ||
| 29 | .SH OPTIONS | |
| 30 | ||
| 31 | There are no options to | |
| 32 | .B mdassemble. | |
| 33 | ||
| 34 | .SH FILES | |
| 35 | ||
| 36 | .SS /etc/mdadm.conf | |
| 37 | ||
| 38 | The config file lists which devices may be scanned to see if | |
| 39 | they contain MD super block, and gives identifying information | |
| 40 | (e.g. UUID) about known MD arrays. See | |
| 41 | .BR mdadm.conf (5) | |
| 42 | for more details. | |
| 43 | ||
| 44 | .B mdassemble | |
| 45 | supports all configuration parameters defined in | |
| 46 | .B mdadm.conf | |
| 47 | with the exception of | |
| 48 | .B auto= | |
| 49 | which is supported only if mdadm was built with the | |
| 50 | .B -DMDASSEMBLE_AUTO | |
| 51 | define. | |
| 52 | ||
| 53 | .SH SEE ALSO | |
| 54 | .PP | |
| 55 | .BR mdadm (8), | |
| 56 | .BR mdadm.conf (5), | |
| 57 | .BR md (4). | |
| 58 | .PP | |
| 59 | .BR diet (1). |