> "--assemble" does not need drives to be specified in the correct order,
quoted text
> but "--create" on an existing array will be destructive on existing data
> unless drives are specified in the same order as before.

Poor wording on my part.  Yes I tried to assemble the array several times
under Fedora 12 and Knoppix 6.2.  It would not start so then I tried the
create.  Either way the data is gone and that answers my question.

Thank you

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