On Tue, May 31, 2022 at 1:00 AM tito via Dng <dng@lists.dyne.org> wrote: > > On Mon, 30 May 2022 17:03:56 -0500 > o1bigtenor via Dng <dng@lists.dyne.org> wrote: > > > Greetings > > > > I am investing in a new system. > > (Ryzen 7 5800X + Ryzen 570 gpu) > > > > The old system has a raid 10 array that I would like to put into the new > > system. > > > > The new system is going to add 2 M2 drives that I want to set up as raid 1 > > and this is for use for /EFI, /boot, /, /var, /usr and swap. > > There are 2 2.5" SDDs that are going to be set up as raid 1 for /home. > > Want to be running Devuan daedalus. > > > > The idea is to transfer the previously used drives from the old system > > into the new system. > > > > The question: > > is it better to load the system and then add the hard drives > > > > or > > > > do I move the drives into the system and then install the system with > > the drives at the same time. > > > > (2 step process or 1 step process.) > Hi, > I've done this before and it could be done in both ways > without problems, but to avoid confusion in the install > and disk format step I nowadays prefer to do it in multiple steps: > 1) install system with only the needed system drives. > 2) when the system is installed and fully setup add the raid arrays one by one > 3) assemble the array > 4) modify /etc/fstab, /etcmdadm/mdadm.conf, update-initramfs > 5) add scrubbing to crontab > 6) add the drives to smartd.conf > 7) reboot, check that array is up at boot > 8) go to step 3 for the next array and so on until done. >
Thank you for the recommendations!! I'm not sure what # 4 through 6 are doing and how to do them or why to do them. Please advise. TIA _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng