--- xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-x86-tipsntricks.xml	2011/03/16 07:47:44	1.27
+++ xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-x86-tipsntricks.xml	2011/05/09 20:15:47	1.28
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version='1.0' encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE guide SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd">
-<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-x86-tipsntricks.xml,v 1.27 2011/03/16 07:47:44 nightmorph Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-x86-tipsntricks.xml,v 1.28 2011/05/09 20:15:47 nightmorph Exp $ -->
 
 <guide>
 <title>Gentoo/x86 Installation Tips &amp; Tricks</title>
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@
 <!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 -->
 <license/>
 
-<version>2</version>
-<date>2011-03-16</date>
+<version>3</version>
+<date>2011-05-09</date>
 
 <chapter>
 <title>Introduction</title>
@@ -132,14 +132,16 @@
 </p>
 
 <pre caption="Creating raid devices with the mdadm command">
-# <i>mdadm --create --verbose /dev/md1 --level=1 --raid-devices=2 /dev/sda1 /dev/sdb1</i>
-# <i>mdadm --create --verbose /dev/md2 --level=1 --raid-devices=2 /dev/sda2 /dev/sdb2</i>
-# <i>mdadm --create --verbose /dev/md3 --level=1 --raid-devices=2 /dev/sda3 /dev/sdb3</i>
+# <i>mdadm --create --verbose /dev/md1 --level=1 --raid-devices=2 --metadata=0.90 /dev/sda1 /dev/sdb1</i>
+# <i>mdadm --create --verbose /dev/md2 --level=1 --raid-devices=2 --metadata=0.90 /dev/sda2 /dev/sdb2</i>
+# <i>mdadm --create --verbose /dev/md3 --level=1 --raid-devices=2 --metadata=0.90 /dev/sda3 /dev/sdb3</i>
 </pre>
 
 <impo>
 You should not use any form of striping such as RAID-0 or RAID-5 on the
-partition you boot from.
+partition you boot from. Also, the <c>--metadata=0.90</c> is only necessary for
+these critical file systems. Other filesystems can use more recent metadata
+formats.
 </impo>
 
 <p>