> > I have a running system that I would like to put into raid1. However,
> > what I have read is that the mkraid command would erase everything. Is
> > this true? Will I loose my data that I have, or is it only the second
> > disk that bites it.
>
> There is a way to preserve the data on the existing
> disk. Go, and fetch the latest Software-RAID HowTo.
> http://ostenfeld.dk/~jakob/Software-RAID.HOWTO/
I'm probably losing it, but where in this HOWTO is the trick for
raid1'ing a currently working drive covered?
Speaking of which, something I didn't quite get is why a "chunk-size"
was defined for raid1... Since they're mirrors, what's a chunk size
mean in raid1?
Thanks,
James
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Miscellaneous Engineer --- IBM Netfinity Performance Development
