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Diffstat (limited to 'mdadm.8')
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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= |