Re: Use RAID1 mirror as backup during dist-upgrade?

2010-02-07 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Reiner Buehl [2010.01.06.0227 +1300]: > Does anybody have a more detailed description on how to do this? If you come across one, please submit it as a bug report against the mdadm package. > I know I can fail a drive with mdadm, but my understanding is that > the data on this this dr

Re: Use RAID1 mirror as backup during dist-upgrade?

2010-01-05 Thread Chris Davies
Reiner Buehl wrote: > I have a Debian Etch system that runs on a RAID 1 software raid system. > now I would like to upgrade it to Lenny by splitting the mirror off and > keep one mirror as a backup. Alternatively I could add a third disk as a > second mirror and split off this one. > If the upg

Re: Use RAID1 mirror as backup during dist-upgrade?

2010-01-05 Thread Scott Gifford
Reiner Buehl writes: > I have a Debian Etch system that runs on a RAID 1 software raid > system. now I would like to upgrade it to Lenny by splitting the > mirror off and keep one mirror as a backup. Hello Reiner, I do exactly this when I upgrade a system. I simply disconnect the drive I'd li

Re: Use RAID1 mirror as backup during dist-upgrade?

2010-01-05 Thread Stan Hoeppner
Reiner Buehl put forth on 1/5/2010 7:27 AM: > Hi all, > > I have a Debian Etch system that runs on a RAID 1 software raid system. > now I would like to upgrade it to Lenny by splitting the mirror off and > keep one mirror as a backup. Alternatively I could add a third disk as a > second mirror and

Use RAID1 mirror as backup during dist-upgrade?

2010-01-05 Thread Reiner Buehl
Hi all, I have a Debian Etch system that runs on a RAID 1 software raid system. now I would like to upgrade it to Lenny by splitting the mirror off and keep one mirror as a backup. Alternatively I could add a third disk as a second mirror and split off this one. If the upgrade works, I then ad