[SOLVED] how to completely remove software raid1 array
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I'm trying to completely delete a software raid 1 array and yet, it keeps coming back. my mdadm.conf has nothing in it anymore and there's no mount point in fstab. I zeroed the superblocks but it keeps showing back up after a reboot. How do I get rid of it? I want to start over with two partitions instead of just one.
are the partitions still defined as raid in fdisk?
AFAIK you shouldn't need a mdadm.conf file at all, as all the metadata is stored in the partitions. Mind you the zero-superblock should cover that too... did you try a "--force" with it to be sure?
heh. Yeah, I like my RAID old school. And doh. I forgot about the partitions. Let me wipe them and I'll go from there. That should do the trick though.
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