RE: [CentOS] Removing a disc from a software mirror

2008-02-05 Thread Joseph L. Casale
>I'm not sure if this is a timestamp or a count of clean shutdowns. Does >anyone know? Well, the setup wasn't mission critical or I would have imaged it out safely so I proceeded to shutdown the machine and unplug the secondary drive. I then booted and saw the array obviously had a missing comp

Re: [CentOS] Removing a disc from a software mirror

2008-02-05 Thread Les Mikesell
Alain Spineux wrote: If I needed to remove a disc from a software mirror for a quick backup before a test, how can I remove it cleanly so that it has a good copy of the OS on it? If I use mdadm to fail then remove it, this would be done while CentOS is running (It's a mirror of the system disc

RE: [CentOS] Removing a disc from a software mirror

2008-02-05 Thread Joseph L. Casale
>I things "md" choose the disk with the last time stamp as the "master" >to replicate on the second one. Ah, that's the other question I had :) So if I force the bios to boot off the current drive, and the old "backup" disc is now online, it will not sync the wrong way? Thanks! jlc

Re: [CentOS] Removing a disc from a software mirror

2008-02-05 Thread Alain Spineux
On Feb 5, 2008 5:12 PM, Joseph L. Casale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > If I needed to remove a disc from a software mirror for a quick backup > before a test, how can I remove it cleanly so that it has a good copy of the > OS on it? If I use mdadm to fail then remove it, this would be done w

[CentOS] Removing a disc from a software mirror

2008-02-05 Thread Joseph L. Casale
If I needed to remove a disc from a software mirror for a quick backup before a test, how can I remove it cleanly so that it has a good copy of the OS on it? If I use mdadm to fail then remove it, this would be done while CentOS is running (It's a mirror of the system disc) and I suspect the dat