Subject: Re: Why my life is sucking. Part 2.
To: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.lip6.fr>
From: Alan Barrett <apb@cequrux.com>
List: current-users
Date: 01/18/2001 13:53:46
On Thu, 18 Jan 2001, Manuel Bouyer wrote:
> IMHO the configure part should be killed, and everyone should use autoconfig.

Perhaps.

> Without autoconfig you can't reboot with a failed disk.

That is an oversimplification.  If the root filesystem (which also
contains /sbin and /etc/rc.d) is on an autoconfigured raid array, then
you can also have other non-autoconfigured raid arrays without running
into difficulty rebooting with a failed disk.

--apb (Alan Barrett)