Message-ID: <38F0A8A9.9A0394EC@home.com> From: macgreg@home.com Reply-To: macgreg@home.com Newsgroups: alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions Subject: Re: Reconfigure RAID5 to RAID1 References: <38da18e4$0$21222@wodc7nh6.news.uu.net> boundary="------------184349E5DB8310673B29608C" Lines: 62 Date: Sun, 09 Apr 2000 15:59:16 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.10.196.164 X-Complaints-To: abuse@home.net X-Trace: news1.rdc1.ne.home.com 955295956 24.10.196.164 (Sun, 09 Apr 2000 08:59:16 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 09 Apr 2000 08:59:16 PDT Organization: @Home Network Xref: newsread1.funet.fi alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions:6891 --------------184349E5DB8310673B29608C Content-Type: text/plain; charset=x-user-defined Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit subwoofer29 wrote: > I have Redhat 6.1 configured with RAID 5 I am running out of disk space. Is > it possible to reconfigure RAID5 to RAID 1 after the fact? Would there be > any data lost? > > Any help would be appreciated. > > Thanx. > > Mike i just went/am going throught this ordeal. yes it is possible.. just change the /etc/raidtab to show the changes you want to make. then BACKUP. BACKUP. BACKUP! data loss will be 100%. sorry no way around it. -- DO NOT meddle in the affairs of the sysadmins, for they are subtle and QUICK to anger. Be nice to me or I'll replace you with a very small shell script. --Andy --------------184349E5DB8310673B29608C Content-Type: text/html; charset=x-user-defined Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit subwoofer29 wrote:
I have Redhat 6.1 configured with RAID 5 I am running out of disk space. Is
it possible to reconfigure RAID5 to RAID 1 after the fact? Would there be
any data lost?

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanx.

Mike

i just went/am going throught this ordeal.
yes it is possible.. just change the /etc/raidtab to show the changes you want to make. then BACKUP. BACKUP. BACKUP! data loss will be 100%. sorry no way around it.
 
-- 
DO NOT meddle in the affairs of the sysadmins,
for they are subtle and QUICK to anger.

Be nice to me or I'll replace you with a very small 
shell script.  --Andy
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