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.\" -*- nroff -*-
.TH mdcreate 8
.SH NAME
mdcreate \- creates a mdtab entry
.SH SYNOPSYS
.BI mdcreate
[-cxk] [-fx] personality md_dev dev0 dev1 ...
.SH DESCRIPTION
mdcreate sets up a mdtab entry, and adds some checksum informations to
insure consistency of the virtual device.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.BI \-c n
.br
Set the chunk size as \fBPAGE_SIZE << n\fP. You can also set the chunk
size in kilobytes with \fB\-cxk\fP where x is a power of 2.
.TP
.BI \-f n
(raid-1 only)
.br
Set the maximum fault number as \fIn\fP.
.SH EXAMPLES
Currently, usable personalities are \fBlinear, raid0 & raid1\fP. To
create a mdtab entry for a raid0 device using 8k chunks, use:
.B /sbin/mdcreate -c8k raid0 /dev/md0 /dev/sdb1 /dev/sdc1
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR mdadd (8)
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