https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/any-effect-on-data/m-p/3172010#M9322 Well,<BR /><BR />erases /dev/md....<BR /><BR />J Fri, 23 Jan 2004 05:05:06 GMT Jerome Henry 2004-01-23T05:05:06Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/any-effect-on-data/m-p/3172009#M9321 mkfs /dev/md?<BR /><BR />Above command effect in my exsting data<BR /><BR />Thanx Fri, 23 Jan 2004 04:43:04 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/any-effect-on-data/m-p/3172009#M9321 Suresh Patoria 2004-01-23T04:43:04Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/any-effect-on-data/m-p/3172010#M9322 Well,<BR /><BR />erases /dev/md....<BR /><BR />J Fri, 23 Jan 2004 05:05:06 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/any-effect-on-data/m-p/3172010#M9322 Jerome Henry 2004-01-23T05:05:06Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/any-effect-on-data/m-p/3172011#M9323 If it worked and didn't produce any errors, whatever was on /dev/md? is now toast. Fri, 23 Jan 2004 06:04:54 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/any-effect-on-data/m-p/3172011#M9323 Mark Grant 2004-01-23T06:04:54Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/any-effect-on-data/m-p/3172012#M9324 mkfs or the Unix successor newfs(which uses mkfs on HP-UX) will always destroy data on the target filesystem.<BR /><BR />SEP Fri, 23 Jan 2004 09:49:24 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/any-effect-on-data/m-p/3172012#M9324 Steven E. Protter 2004-01-23T09:49:24Z