At 04:50 PM 11/4/99 -0500, you wrote: >What are the consequences of mkraid --reallyforce > >I need to test raid on my partitions > >/dev/hde1 and /dev/hde2 > >i have configured the /etc/raidtab file as needed. > >when i use mkraid /dev/md0 > >it tells me to try mkraid --force (i.e. reallyforce). > >I have no data whatsoever on either of these two partitions. >and will put data in after i have installed raid. mkraid --really-force will force the partitions to be made into raid devices, adding the raid superblocks etc. After it finishes, then you must do "mke2fs /dev/md0". Once it's finished, mount it and off it goes. =========================================================== David Cooley N5XMT Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Packet: N5XMT@KQ4LO.#INT.NC.USA.NA T.A.P.R. Member #7068 Sponges grow in the ocean... Wonder how deep it would be if they didn't?! ===========================================================