I have a system that currently has etch installed over software RAID1. It had md0 made of sda1 and sdb1, and md1 made from sda3 and sdb3. sd[ab]2 is swap. md0 is /boot, and md1 is / and occupies almost all of the disk.
I would like to shrink md1, create a new md2 in the freed space, and then install lenny onto that device. Is the d-i RC2 an appropriate tool for this? In particular, http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/errata says Auto-assembly of RAID arrays in rescue mode can corrupt data Rescue mode should be used with great care when software RAID arrays were in use on the system to rescue. The rescue mode scripts automatically assemble arrays, which could lead to data corruption in the presence of invalid or obsolete RAID superblocks. Since I have 2 distinct md0 devices, I'd hate to have it try to build something out of all 4 physical disk partitions or, e.g., sda1+sdb3. On the other hand, I don't think I have any obsolete or invalid RAID superblocks (is there a way to check?). I have similar doubts about other tools (e.g., Knoppix) that I might use to shrink the partitions. If d-i is not appropriate, can anyone suggest a safer route? I would prefer to keep the etch installation both because the vendor might have put something useful there and because it would be good to have a backup system and an etch system. Thanks. -- Ross Boylan wk: (415) 514-8146 185 Berry St #5700 [email protected] Dept of Epidemiology and Biostatistics fax: (415) 514-8150 University of California, San Francisco San Francisco, CA 94107-1739 hm: (415) 550-1062 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
