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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