mpmpd

[jjohnson at sunrise-linux.com (miah)]

mdadm is part of the minimal install because its possible to setup
software raid during install.  Its something they dont want people to
remove from installation and then complain when software raid isnt
working.  

-miah

On Mon, Jun 28, 2004 at 06:23:26PM -0400, Eric wrote:
> Eric wrote:
> >Hi.  Could anybody give me a brief rundown of what mpmpd (multipath 
> >device monitoring and management) does?  I noticed an error during boot. 
> > I've also noticed some fedora users reporting a similar experience. Is 
> >if for RAID?  Can I just remove it?
> >Thanks for any tips.
> >-Eric
> >
> 
> (from redhat I see "mpmpd")
> mdadm-1.5.0-3
> -------------
> * Thu Mar 04 2004 Bill Nottingham <notting redhat com> 1.5.0-3
> - ship /var/run/mpmpd (#117497)
> mtr-0.54-4
> 
> it's connected to mdadm.
> http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/2002/12/05/RAID.html
> 
> # this is how
> # everything in
> # /etc/mdadm.conf
> # looks.
> 
> Guess I'll remove mdadm.  I thought I did a pretty controlled install on 
> this "trash" computer.  I don't even remember seeing this package.  Oh 
> well.  Please feel free to let me know if I'm doing something wrong by 
> removing this package.  I don't see why I would need it.  Okay.  I 
> promise to stop asking questions from now on without at least spending 
> some real time on it first.  My first couple searches didn't give me any 
> information, so I just shot a note off the blu.  I'll stop that.  I just 
> like to yap.  Thanks for any extra info.  -Eric.
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