On Ma, 22 ian 13, 09:00:21, Sam Martin wrote:
> 
> I'm really new to linux and software raid, and not entirely confident 
> the linux installer wont touch the raid volume.

Just go choose the "Manual Partitioning" if you don't trust the 
installer.
 
> Is the best way of doing this to unplug the drives on raid vol and 
> reinstall 64bit dist?

That's also possible.

> I'm using a small ssd for the os,so this should be ok, but i've got no 
> idea how to add the raid volume back in using mdadm.

I'm just starting with software RAID myself, but as far as I can tell it 
should just work.

> Also, will all my /etc/configs work ok with their 64bit counterparts?

Since configurations files are just text it doesn't matter.

> If anyone can offer me any advice or share their experiences doing 
> this, i would be very grateful.

One other possibility would be to experiment with a cross-grade.

Hope this helps,
Andrei
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