Phil Schaffner ha scritto: > 2. The command to create /etc/mdadm.conf will result in an extra line > "spares=1" while the array is still syncing. Adding " | head -1 " to > the command to create it fixes the problem. May I suggest to add " | grep -v spares " or " | grep ARRAY " instead? If the command is issued after the sync the resulting mdadm.conf would be incorrect. Regards Lorenzo