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+Subject:  ANNOUNCE: mdadm 2.4-pre1 - development release for testing only
+
+I am somewhat cautious in announcing the availability of
+   mdadm version 2.4-pre1
+
+It is available at the usual places:
+   http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~neilb/source/mdadm/
+and
+   http://www.{countrycode}.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/raid/mdadm/
+
+pre-release 2.4-pre1 contains support for growing a raid5 array i.e.
+adding extra drives and restriping the whole arrays.
+
+This requires a kernel more recent than 2.6.16-rc6-mm2.
+
+During a restripe, there is a crtical section at the start where a
+system crash can leave the contents of the raid5 unrecoverable.  This
+version of mdadm will backup that section, and can restore it when
+reassembling the array after a crash.
+
+Have fun, but use it carefully and report any problems.
+
+NeilBrown 20th March 2006
+