Linux allows you to break software raid online List the members of raid via this command #mdadm --detail --verbose /dev/md0
u get the members of this raid u cannot delete a members of the raid directly you have to mark the members as faulty(loss of data) and then remove the partition of the raid refer man mdadm for details this will work on raid created with mdadm command a standard across linux like distro and not on created with #mkraid command backup up the data b4 performing any activity ________________________________ From: Viket Trivedi <viket.triv...@gmail.com> To: linuxvadapav@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, 29 January, 2009 9:02:41 AM Subject: Re: [LinuxVadaPav] How to break software raid On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 6:12 PM, dinesh jadhav <din_jadhav2003@ yahoo.co. in>wrote: > Dear All, > > I would like to know how to break software raid. > > ------------ --------- --------- --- > Dinesh Jadhav > 9867011640 > [input] > "Do not worry about anything; instead > PRAY ABOUT EVERYTHING." > Philippians 4:6 > > ------------ --------- --------- --- > Add more friends to your messenger and enjoy! Invite them now. > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > Hi, If your raid is on logical volume then just remove one volume manually. if they are physical partitions, just remove the partition mount from fstab and the raid wont find the partition and the raid will break. -- Regards, Viket Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter. com/viket [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Cricket on your mind? Visit the ultimate cricket website. Enter http://beta.cricket.yahoo.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
