On 18 Apr 2001 16:40:11 +0100, Edward Shushkin wrote:
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> After the syncing process has been finished I have md device with the FS
> type and all the data that I had on the sda.
> This way seems to be very convenient, and my question: IS IT SAFE? (on
> the other hand i am sure that 'persistent superblock 1' causes loss some
> data)
Yep, this is the "recomended" way of creating a RAID 1 mirror if you
already have data on one disk. I don't know of any risks specific to
creating the RAID set this way, unless you happen to mark the wrong disk
as failed (and sync all of your non-data onto your data).
Greg
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