From: Ferenc Wagner <wferi@niif.hu>
Date: Mon, 31 May 2010 16:40:24 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: menu docs: document MENU SAVE caveat with RAID-1
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menu docs: document MENU SAVE caveat with RAID-1

The usual RAID-1 ADV constraint...

Signed-off-by: Ferenc Wagner <wferi@niif.hu>
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>
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diff --git a/doc/menu.txt b/doc/menu.txt
index c912c1d..af93558 100644
--- a/doc/menu.txt
+++ b/doc/menu.txt
@@ -309,7 +309,12 @@ MENU NOSAVE
 	On the other hand, it handles changes in the configuration
 	file gracefully.
 
-	The MENU SAVE information can be cleared with
+	NOTE: In software RAID-1 setups MENU SAVE only stores the
+	default label on the actual boot disk.  This may lead to
+	inconsistent reads from the array, or unexpectedly change the
+	default label after array resynchronization or disk failure.
+
+	The MENU SAVE information can be fully cleared with
 	"extlinux --reset-adv <bootdir>".
 
 	A MENU SAVE or MENU NOSAVE at the top of a (sub)menu affects