hi ya andy On Sat, 20 Dec 2003, Andy Firman wrote:
> > for setup of a new system ( the right way?? ) > > - make sure the partition type is FD(raid) not 82(linux) > > Can one simply change the partition type via fdisk on an existing system > if one is going to add a new drive to RAID1 the drives? i havent tried it ... i prefer a "clean" system so i awlays format the raid before and copying data from the orig drive to the new raid > Or must this be done during initial install? it's an experiment ( imho ) ... lots of howto convert single disk into "raid" http://www.1U-Raid5.net/HowTO/SW-Raid-HOWTO.txt ( non-raid to raid setup towards the bottom ) > > or just start with 2 fresh disks and leave the current disk alone > > and retire it after your new raid setup is testing/working and > > been running a few months > > I like this idea but I need help. > A server of mine has just one 20GB drive. > > I have 2 spare 40GB drives. How would I make my current install on the > 20GB work on the 40GB drives that I want to setup RAID1 on? that makes it easy ... since you have 2 new disks get knoppix or other "standalone" cdrom .. - get it build your raid array w/ the raidtools and proper /etc/raidconf file - install that "working" cdrom system onto the new target raid - deselect stuff you don't want - make sure your kernel has raid support built into it or you will have to build up an initrd too - restore your original "config" test that you can boot off hda or hdc without intervention and all data resyncs all by itself when either is unplugged and re-inserted a few GB-sized files has been saved while in degraded mode > I don't want to do a fresh install as I spent alot of time on this > particular server configuring it a certain way. to save your packages you selected # Save system dpkg --get-selections * > /mnt/floppy/pkg.lst # # Restore system dpkg --set-selections < /mnt/floppy/pkg.lst apt-get update apt-get dist-upgrade c ya alvin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]