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From: Ludovic =?UTF-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?= <ludo@gnu.org>
Subject: bug#38086: RAID installation script with
 =?UTF-8?Q?=E2=80=98mdadm=E2=80=99?= no longer works
Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2020 23:13:32 +0100
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To: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr>
Cc: Vagrant Cascadian <vagrant@debian.org>, 38086-done@debbugs.gnu.org

Hi Tobias!

Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr> skribis:

> It's just waiting for input:
>
>  $ # dd & losetup magic, where loop0 is 20% larger than loop1
>  $ sudo mdadm --create /dev/md0 --verbose --level=3Dmirror
> --raid-devices=3D2 /dev/loop{0,1}
>  mdadm: Note: this array has metadata at the start and
>    may not be suitable as a boot device.  If you plan to
>    store '/boot' on this device please ensure that
>    your boot-loader understands md/v1.x metadata, or use
>    --metadata=3D0.90
>  mdadm: size set to 101376K
>  mdadm: largest drive (/dev/loop1) exceeds size (101376K) by more than
> 1%
>  Continue creating array?

D=E2=80=99oh, I hadn=E2=80=99t seen that message.

> Adding --force does not avoid this.
>
> I recommend tweaking the partition table to make both members equal,
> but a =E2=80=98yes|=E2=80=99 also works if you're in a hurry ;-)

=E2=80=9Cyes|=E2=80=9D works like a charm, I went this that.

Pushed in commit 3adf320e44e54017a67f219ce9667a379c393dad, thank you!

Ludo=E2=80=99.