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authorNeil Brown <neilb@suse.de>2005-12-05 05:54:48 +0000
committerNeil Brown <neilb@suse.de>2005-12-05 05:54:48 +0000
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Support --assume-clean for --create
Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de>
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@@ -476,9 +476,12 @@ which means to choose the largest size that fits on all current drives.
.BR --assume-clean
Tell
.I mdadm
-that the array pre-existed and is known to be clean. This is only
-really useful for Building RAID1 array. Only use this if you really
-know what you are doing. This is currently only supported for --build.
+that the array pre-existed and is known to be clean. It can be useful
+when trying to recover from a major failure as you can be sure that no
+data will be affected unless you actually write to the array. It can
+also be used when creating a RAID1 or RAID10 if you want to avoid the
+initial resync, however this practice - while normally safe - is not
+recommended. Use this ony if you really know what you are doing.
.TP
.BR -N ", " --name=