mdassemble.8

   1 .\" -*- nroff -*-
   2 .TH MDASSEMBLE 8 "" v2.5.3
   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).