hi ay
On Thu, 23 Jun 2005, Dirk Bonenkamp - Bean IT wrote: > I wanted to reconfigure a server so that it used a raid 1 array instead of > just one disk. bad idea .. waste of time as oyu're finding out ... and whats the poit, you already have 1 disk of the 2-disk raid > Created a raid 1 array (/dev/md0) on /dev/hda (/dev/hda1, just one raid > partition plus one swap partition). Marked the second disk as 'missing'. sometiems it works.. sometimes not .. depends on versions and config files and command sequences > Changed /mnt/etc/lilo.conf: good > lba32 > boot=/dev/md0 > raid-extra-boot=mbr > root=/dev/md0 > install=/boot/boot-menu.b > map=/boot/map > message=/boot/bootmess.txt > prompt > #single-key > delay=100 > timeout=100 > > vga=normal > > default=2.6.9 > > image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.9 > label=2.6.9 > read-only > > Then, when I try: > > lilo -r /mnt wont work ... - you didnt do the magic for fdisk ... should be FD type - you need to create the raid superblocks ... of whihc one disk is missing even you even start - other hwoto exists for more complete step by step conversion of 1 disk into raid ( but is too much headache, and trivially simple to just start with 2 disks and be done in 15min c ya alvin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]