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Looks like I can take it from here! Thank you. I didn't know fdisk had an |
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"expert" menu.... <wink> |
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On Thursday 16 June 2011 11:14:30 pm Paul Hartman wrote: |
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> On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 10:00 PM, Mike Diehl <mdiehl@××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> > I've got a sw RAID1 that just had a failed drive replaced with an |
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> > identical drive. |
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> > However, the good drive started on sector 63 and the new drive want's to |
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> > start on sector 2048. Fdisk won't let me create the partition table on |
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> > the new drive as it is on the old drive. |
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> Hi Mike, |
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> I believe this is due to the alignment code in newer versions of fdisk |
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> (2048 sector = 1 megabyte) |
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> I think you can use the expert menu in fdisk ("x" from the main menu) |
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> to achieve what you're trying to do. I can't tell you the exact steps |
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> but I am 99.9% sure it can be done. |
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Take care and have fun, |
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Mike Diehl. |
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