Add text to man pages suggesting partition type to use for version 1.x metadata.
Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de>
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@ -1360,6 +1360,14 @@ is being created, then the name
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will be used.
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When creating a partition based array, using
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.I mdadm
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with version-1.x metadata, the partition type should be set to
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.B 0xDA
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(non fs-data). This type selection allows for greater precision since
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using any other [RAID auto-detect (0xFD) or a GNU/Linux partition (0x83)],
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might create problems in the event of array recovery through a live cdrom.
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A new array will normally get a randomly assigned 128bit UUID which is
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A new array will normally get a randomly assigned 128bit UUID which is
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very likely to be unique. If you have a specific need, you can choose
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very likely to be unique. If you have a specific need, you can choose
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a UUID for the array by giving the
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a UUID for the array by giving the
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