On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 10:15 PM, lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > after switching from i386 to x86_64, my software RAID-1 partitions > were not discovered automatically as they should have been. It seems > that the physical devices (/dev/sda and /dev/sdb) have UUIDs stored > from when I first tried to create the array, and that may have > confused the automatic detection. > > My first try (a couple years ago, when the disks were new) had been to > create a RAID-1 from the two disks and to partition that array later > as needed. But that didn't work, so I created partitions on the disks > and then created RAID-1 arrays from these partitions. Now it looks like this: >
<snip> > Note that the physical devices /dev/sda and /dev/sdb have UUIDs > stored. How do I remove these UUIDs? > You can't. The UUID is calculated out of the properties of the disk (dunno wich exactly). It's like trying to remove the MD5 checsum of something: you can't. However: your problem will be solvable and the guys who know how to do this are already busy. Neil -- While working towards the future one should be ensuring that there is a future to work to. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
