From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Christian <CvB@kruemel.org>
Subject: Re: Extending an existing RAID (10) array
Date: Sun, 07 Jul 2013 08:33:19 +0200
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On 04.07.2013 01:24, NeilBrown wrote:
> I think you are just talking about making the devices bigger without
> increasing the number of devices.
> This possible for RAID10 as long as it uses a 'near' or 'offset' layout.  It
> is not support for 'far' layout RAID10.

And as I just found out after some googling, growing RAID10 requires at 
least kernel 3.4rc. I have Ubuntu 12.04, which has kernel 3.2

I'm now thinking I could use a parted magic live cd to grow the array, 
and then continue using it with my current linux distribution. Am I 
right in this assumption? Or have I missed something?

Thanks, Chris