Raid1 post installation
Chris Snook
csnook at redhat.com
Fri Feb 1 18:13:20 UTC 2008
tony.chamberlain at lemko.com wrote:
>
> Hello
>
> They sent off a linux machine (installed with some software) to a customer.
> Normally, when we install Linux (Cent OS 4.5) we do software Raid Level
> 1 during the
> installation (/dev/sda and /dev/sdb). This machine went out without
> them doing it.
>
> The machine that went out should already a /dev/sda and /dev/sdb
> (anyway to verify, if
> /dev/sdb is not mounted?) and we need to perform Raid 1 on it, but we
> can't reinstall
> Linux on it because it will overwrite evrything that is there.
>
> Is there anyway to Raid a machine that already has linux installed on it
> without reinstalling
> Linux over it?
>
> Thanks
>
Yes, but to call it dangerous is an understatement.
http://www.linux-sxs.org/hardware/raid_for_idiots.html
More information about the fedora-list
mailing list