Re: Newbie: What to do when a disk fails?

[m.allan noah]

> I suspect thst I could have done something like this:
> 
> 1. Remove the failed disk.
> 2. Insert a new one
> 3. Boot with only one disk set up for raid usage.
> 4. Use fdisk to get the partition table right.
> 5. Reboot to get linux to recognize the new partition
> 6. Use raidhotadd toadd the empty partition to the existing raid-1.
> 

you hit the nail on the head man. no need to copy things to the replacement
disk. just get the partition table right and readable by linux (requires the
reboot in 5). then use raidhotadd.

sweet, huh? thanks to mingo, martin bene, et al.

allan