> --On Monday, November 23, 2020 4:46 PM +0100 Simon Matter > <simon.mat...@invoca.ch> wrote: > >> I suggest to "mdadm --fail" one drive, then "mdadm --remove" it. After >> replacing the drive you can "mdadm --add" it. > > Does it make sense to dd or ddrescue from the removed drive to the > replacement? My md RAID set is on primary partitions, not raw drives, so > I'm assuming the replacement drive needs at least the boot sector from the > old drive to copy the partition data.
I usually dd the first mb to the new disk if it's used for booting, yes. Simon _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
