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List:       linux-raid
Subject:    Re: safely removing RAID information?
From:       Neil Brown <neilb () suse ! de>
Date:       2006-11-20 10:34:18
Message-ID: 17761.33962.217654.415664 () cse ! unsw ! edu ! au
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On Monday November 20, blindcoder@scavenger.homeip.net wrote:
> > 
> > Now, /dev/hda1 (and hda[35678]) are parts of active RAID arrays.
> > /dev/hda (whole disk) was part of an array I set up for testing/playing
> > around with mdadm. I then created the partitions and set up RAIDs for them.
> > 
> > Is it safe to issue the following command now:
> > 
> > root@ceres:~# mdadm --zero-superblock /dev/hda

Yes.

> > 
> > or will that nuke my setup along with my precious data?

No

NeilBrown
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