You could always use a temporary disk if the controller doesn't find the array when the original disk is at another connector. I would also do the dd from a live-CD to make sure no changes are done during the copy.
Connect temp/USB disk Boot from live-cd dd if=/dev/sda of=/dev/sdX Shut down, replace disks and create new, larger array Boot from live-CD dd if=/dev/sdX of=/dev/sda Reboot /Johan -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Fabio Catunda Sent: den 20 april 2010 16:29 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Hot disk change. Thanks for all responses. Now I see that I am in trouble. I really cannot install everything from zero, it will take too long and might not work. I would like to know your opinion about the following procedure: 1 - Shutdown 2 - Remove both disks 3 - Plug both 2TB new disks and create a new virtual disk on the controller 4 - Plug one of the old 250GB disks in a separate SATA connector 5 - dd if=/dev/sdb of=/dev/sda (where sdb is the old disk and sda is the new virtual disk) 6 - fstab, resize2fs, etc, etc...! I really don't know if the OS will recognize and be able to read the old disk plugged in another SATA connector. Thanks in advance. Fábio Catunda. _______________________________________________ Linux-PowerEdge mailing list [email protected] https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge Please read the FAQ at http://lists.us.dell.com/faq _______________________________________________ Linux-PowerEdge mailing list [email protected] https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge Please read the FAQ at http://lists.us.dell.com/faq
