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Contents

• NAME
• DESCRIPTION
• FORMAT
• FILES
• SEE ALSO

NAME

       mdtab - configuration file for md devices

DESCRIPTION

       /etc/mdtab is a configuration file for the md tools (mdadd
       and co). Its goal is to record a configuration for each md
       device the system should be configurated for.

FORMAT

       /etc/mdtab describe each md device, one per line, with the
       following syntax :

       md_dev         mode,c,f,crc32      dev1 dev2 ... devn


       md_dev md device (e.g. /dev/md0),

       mode   one of linear, raid0 or raid1,

       c      chunk factor (optional, not  applicable  to  linear
              mode).  Can  also be set as nk where n is the chunk
              size in kilobytes,

       f      maximum fault number (optional, not  applicable  to
              linear nor raid-0 mode),

       crc32  optional  control  informations  added by mdcreate.
              This is checked by mdadd and co when using  the  md
              device.

       dev1 ...
              real devices that are part of the md device.

              Each  section  is separated by spaces or tabs. Note
              that there are no spaces in the option field.

FILES

       /etc/mdtab

SEE ALSO

       mdadd(8)