On Wed, Oct 2, 2013 at 4:50 AM, Billy Crook bcrook@riskanalytics.com wrote:
If sda fails outright, sdb will BECOME sda. This is usually the case when a "drive fails".
In the case of the partionable RAID stated by OP, the boot fails (see my posting from June/2012.
If sda is skillfully overwritten in specific places with the intention of producing a curcumstance in which Linux kernel raid will fail, then Linux kernel raid will fail.
Even a non raid will fail, will it not?