In earlier RAID versions, ckraid, mdadd, mdrun, mdstop and mdop were commands for managing RAID devices. This work is now done by raidstart, raidstop, raid0run and the kernel.
If kernel autostart is disabled, the raidstart command can be used to start persistant devices. Non-persistant linear/RAID0 devices should be started with raid0run. Stopping the arrays at shutdown isn't mandatory.
Fixing arrays is now handled automaticly by the kernel, in the background.
Debian 3.0 (Woody) to Debian 2.2 (Potato): the text shown here
Debian 2.1 (Slink) to Debian 1.3 (Bo)
Debian 1.2 (Rex) to Debian 1.1 (Buzz)
-V until Debian 2.1 (Slink);
-a until Debian 2.1 (Slink);
-c until Debian 2.1 (Slink);
-cn until Debian 1.2 (Rex);
-f until Debian 2.1 (Slink);
-fn until Debian 1.2 (Rex);
-i until Debian 1.2 (Rex);
-p until Debian 2.1 (Slink);
-px until Debian 1.2 (Rex);
-r until Debian 2.1 (Slink);
-v until Debian 2.1 (Slink).
