Hi Marc,
Suse (at least until 6.3) comes with the old style raid (kernel and tools) and the new
tools.
You can do two things to determine what is being used:
- rpm -qi raidtool
If not installed they did not use the newtools
- Check the kernel sources for patches. Suse tells you to download and patch the
kernel yourself.
One file to look for from the new raid patches:
/usr/src/linux/drivers/block/translucent.c
AFAIK it is not in the old md code.
I don't think you can upgrade in place, but for 1000 DM you get enought IDE drive
space to make
a copy of 50Gb.
Anthon
----- Original Message -----
From: Marc Haber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2000 8:01 AM
Subject: Need advice for updating old RAID to new RAID
> Hi!
>
> My job next week will be updating an older RAID system. It's based on
> the SuSE distribution and I don't even know if it uses "old style"
> RAID or "new style" RAID. I only have experiences with "new style"
> RAID. How do I easily determine if old style or new style RAID is
> used?
>
> The RAID has a total capacity of about 70 G, with 50 G used. I am not
> sure if I have spare capacity available to pull all data from the RAID
> for the update. Is there a migration path or procedure to safely
> update the RAID to new style without data loss?
>
> Any hints will be appreciated.
>
> Greetings
> Marc
>
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