In article <20041004175246.GP5232@quartz.newn.cam.ac.uk>,
	Patrick Welche <prlw1@newn.cam.ac.uk> writes:
>> If you boot without wd1 plugged in, then what shows up as the new wd1?
> Nothing - I have them hard coded in the kernel..

May I ask why? Just use RAIDframe auto configuration and make sure that
all your raid devices have serial numbers (set with "raidctl -I").
The kernel will plug them together nicely even if one or disks are
missing.

	Kind regards

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Matthias Scheler                                  http://scheler.de/~matthias/