On Mon, 10 Jun 2002, Peter Beardsley wrote: > the target drive, huh? I realize if I do it this way it's a total hack but > if I shut down some services, would I be able to say with confidence that > the mirror would boot or would the result be too iffy? This is on a > production machine and I don't have the time/resources to do the proper > thing, ie install a RAID controller.
I've done this before with the only side effects being a fsck on booting the new drive. Worst case scenario, you have the old drive as your back-out plan.. just keep it warm and spinning while you test the new drive to avoid any flex from heat changes... just to be sure. -- Sow much, reap much; sow little, reap little. ***************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *****************************************************************
