On Tue, 12 Jun 2012 18:35:57 -0500 Stan Hoeppner <s...@hardwarefreak.com> wrote:
> > Hmm, probably I have to create a raid5 with the four empty 2 TB > > disks attached to the LSI. Then: > > > > ~$ mdadm -C /dev/md0 -n1 -l linear /dev/md1 > > WTF? I also had to add --force to create the array with one raid5. > > Now I copy the content from the old raid5 with the four 1.5 TB > > disks to the new linear md0. > > Shuffleboard... You didn't previously make clear that not all 8 disks > were freely available to build your stack from the ground up. The > instructions I gave you assumed that all 8 drives were clean. Now > you're attempting to modify the precise instructions I gave you and > play shuffleboard with your data and disks, attempting to migrate on > the fly. Sorry, I wrote this too in another thread :-( I like taking some risk :-) But since the old raid isn't written only read I didn't fear to loose the data. > This may not have a good outcome. I guess you feel that you > understand this stuff and are confident in your ability at this point > to effect the outcome you desire. If things break badly, I'll try to > assist, but I make no promises WRT outcomes nor guarantee my > availability. I wanted to finally do something ;-) Cheers Ramon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120613200433.3fc9ce78@hoferr-x61s.hofer.rummelring
