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From: "J. Roeleveld" <joost@antarean.org>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [O/T] RAID help - now won't boot
Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2013 10:55:42 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <280c4abb-be1d-4ee3-a93d-c8521102e9ad@email.android.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20131021082426.GC9207@nicolas-desktop.logifi.fr>

Nicolas Sebrecht <nsebrecht@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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  reply	other threads:[~2013-10-21  8:55 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-10-15  7:34 [gentoo-user] RAID help Mick
2013-10-15 19:28 ` Paul Hartman
2013-10-15 21:42   ` Mick
2013-10-16 18:10     ` [gentoo-user] " Nicolas Sebrecht
2013-10-16 20:14       ` Nicolas Sebrecht
2013-10-17  5:33         ` Mick
2013-10-20  9:54         ` [gentoo-user] Re: [O/T] RAID help - now won't boot Mick
2013-10-20 12:57           ` Michael Hampicke
2013-10-20 13:13             ` Mick
2013-10-20 13:31               ` Michael Hampicke
2013-10-20 14:31                 ` joost
2013-10-21  5:33                   ` Mick
2013-10-21  5:59                     ` J. Roeleveld
2013-10-21  8:24                       ` Nicolas Sebrecht
2013-10-21  8:55                         ` J. Roeleveld [this message]
2013-10-21 21:42                           ` Mick
2013-10-22  7:10                             ` Nicolas Sebrecht
2013-10-24 18:53                               ` Mick

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