Tuomas,
On Thu, 27 Apr 2000, Tuomas Toivonen wrote:
> I've done the necessary changes to my /etc/raidtab, but mkraid fails because
> (I assume) it finds an existing persistent superblock on the old RAID-0
> partitions.
>
> So my question becomes: How does one erase the raid persistent superblock
> from a physical partition? Or, more generally, what'd be the right way to
> switch from RAID-0 to RAID-5?
Although I've only just joined the list, I think I can answer that one.
Use 'mkraid --force' and follow the instructions given.
Regards,
Corin
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