| .\" -*- nroff -*- |
| .TH MDASSEMBLE 8 "" v2.5 |
| .SH NAME |
| mdassemble \- assemble MD devices |
| .I aka |
| Linux Software Raid. |
| |
| .SH SYNOPSIS |
| |
| .BI mdassemble |
| |
| .SH DESCRIPTION |
| .B mdassemble |
| is a tiny program that can be used to assemble MD devices inside an |
| initial ramdisk (initrd) or initramfs, it is meant to replace the in-kernel |
| automatic raid detection and activation. |
| It can be built statically and linked against lightweight libc alternatives, like |
| .B dietlibc, |
| .B klibc |
| or |
| .B uClibc. |
| |
| .SH USAGE |
| Invoking |
| .B mdassemble |
| has the same effect as invoking |
| .B mdadm --assemble --scan. |
| |
| .SH OPTIONS |
| |
| There are no options to |
| .B mdassemble. |
| |
| .SH FILES |
| |
| .SS /etc/mdadm.conf |
| |
| The config file lists which devices may be scanned to see if |
| they contain MD super block, and gives identifying information |
| (e.g. UUID) about known MD arrays. See |
| .BR mdadm.conf (5) |
| for more details. |
| |
| .B mdassemble |
| supports all configuration parameters defined in |
| .B mdadm.conf |
| with the exception of |
| .B auto= |
| which is supported only if mdadm was built with the |
| .B -DMDASSEMBLE_AUTO |
| define. |
| |
| .SH SEE ALSO |
| .PP |
| .BR mdadm (8), |
| .BR mdadm.conf (5), |
| .BR md (4). |
| .PP |
| .BR diet (1). |
