From: Paul Clements <paul.clements@steeleye.com>
To: Robert Heinzmann <Robert.Heinzmann@gmx.net>
Cc: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Migrating from SINGLE DISK to RAID1
Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2005 14:41:20 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <41FFDB60.1040008@steeleye.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <41FFD1F8.3010101@gmx.net>
Hi Robert,
Robert Heinzmann wrote:
> can someone verify if the following statements are true ?
>
> - It's not possible to simply convert a existing partition with a
> filesystem on it to a raid1 mirror set.
If you create a raid1 without a superblock it is possible (although not
a very common configuration). If you do use a superblock, you'll need to
shrink your filesystem by 128KB (to be safe) prior to creating the mirror.
--
Paul
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-02-01 19:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-02-01 19:01 Migrating from SINGLE DISK to RAID1 Robert Heinzmann
2005-02-01 19:34 ` Mike Hardy
2005-02-01 21:40 ` Robert Heinzmann
2005-02-01 23:52 ` Alvin Oga
2005-02-01 19:41 ` Paul Clements [this message]
2005-02-01 22:57 ` berk walker
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