Hi Al, --- Al Sparks <data345@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I'm checking through some daemons that fedora starts > on bootup, and > one of them is mdadm (the service is called > mdmonitor). Mdadm manages > software raid, according to docs. If I have > hardware raid instead, is > there any value at having mdmonitor started? > === Al It's my understanding that even if it is started, it won't run unless you've configured the /etc/mdadm.conf file defining what devices you wish to manage. In others words, although it says "[ OK ]" on the start screen, check your process list and you'll find it won't run the process "mdadm --monitor --scan" on your machine. Michael. Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com