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> > How do I get rid of an existing /dev/md0? |
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> you stop it. Override the superblock with dd.. and lose all data on the disks. |
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> > I'm thinking that I can try creating a RAID1 array using the two |
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> > allegedly good disks and see if I can make that work. |
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> yeah |
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> > If that works, I'll get rid of it and try recreating the RAID1 with one |
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> > good disk and the one that mdadm thinks is faulty. |
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> you don't have to. You can migrate a 2 disk raid1 to a 3 disk raid5. Howtos |
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> are availble via google. |
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> just saying - box in suspend to ram. I change the cable (and connector on |
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> mobo) on a disk with two raid 1 partitions on it. |
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> One came back after starting the box. |
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> The other? Nothing I tried worked. At the end I dd'ed the partition.. and did |
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> a complete 'faulty disk/replacement' resync.... |
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> argl. |
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You're assuming I have more knowledge that I do. |
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Can you explain the steps more in layman's terms. I've never used dd |
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before. |
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Jeff |
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