mdtab(5)

NAME
mdtab - configuration file for md devices

DESCRIPTION
/etc/mdtab is a configuration file for the md tools (mdadd and co). Its goal is to record a configuration for each md device the system should be configurated for.

FORMAT
/etc/mdtab describe each md device, one per line, with the following syntax :
md_dev    mode,c,f    dev1 dev2 ... devn
md_dev : md device (e.g. /dev/md0),
mode : one of linear, raid0 or raid1,
c : chunk factor (optional, not applicable to linear mode). Can also be set as nk where n is the chunk size in kilobytes,
f : maximum fault number (optional, not applicable to linear nor raid-0 mode),
dev1 ... : real devices that are part of the md device. Each section is separated by spaces or tabs. Note that there are no spaces in the option field.

FILES
/etc/mdtab

SEE ALSO
mdadd(8)