Nicolas Sebrecht <nsebre...@piing.fr> wrote:
>The 21/10/13, J. Roeleveld wrote:
>
>>    Other option:
>>    1 install to single disk
>> 
>>    2 using sysresccd create a degraded raid1 using the 2nd drive
>> 
>>    3 copy the partitions and date from drive 1 to the degraded raid
>device
>
>What is "copy the date"?

A typo. I meant to say "copy the data".


>>    4 add disk 1 to the raid
>
>I might miss something but I guess you're going to erase the installed
>system (on disk 1) from the unused disk (disk 2), here.

No. At this point, the raid (with disk2) has a copy of disk1.

>
>I believe it would only be possible by installing the system on the
>degraded RAID, which will likely mean coming back to the original swap
>problem.

That is why I suggested installing on a normal single disk. The copying over 
onto the degraded raid using disk2.

>>    5 wait for the raid device is synchronized
>> 
>>    6 change fstab and grub config to reflect the new disklayout


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