On Tuesday 03 April 2007 05:58 am, Les Mikesell wrote: > Yes, but there is still the issue of whether the drive will be > recognized at all when hotplugged. Once the drive is assigned a > device name by the kernel you will be able to fdisk it. You don't > need to mount it because the md device will be mounted, not the disk > partitions. Thanks, Les. I see where I'm going to have to try this some day soon. All our systems with hotswap bays are in service; I'll try the experiment on the next one. Jeff -- Jeff Lasman, Nobaloney Internet Services P.O. Box 52200, Riverside, CA 92517 Our blists address used on lists is for list email only voice: +1 951 643-7540, or see: "http://www.nobaloney.net/contactus.html"