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From: Mario 'BitKoenig' Holbe <Mario.Holbe@TU-Ilmenau.DE>
To: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Proactive Drive Replacement
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2008 00:40:04 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <gdj1c4$8nf$1@ger.gmane.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: cccedfc60810201035m53873320tb069f333b707191b@mail.gmail.com

Jon Nelson <jnelson-linux-raid@jamponi.net> wrote:
> I was wondering about proactive drive replacement.
[bitmaps, raid1 drive to replace and new drive, ...]

I belive to remember a HowTo going over this list somewhere in the past
(early bitmap times?) which was recommending exactly your way.

> The problem I see with the above is the creation of the raid1 which
> overwrites the superblock. Is there some way to avoid that (--build?)?

You can build a RAID1 without superblock.


regards
   Mario
-- 
[mod_nessus for iauth]
<delta> "scanning your system...found depreciated OS...found
        hole...installing new OS...please reboot and reconnect now"


  reply	other threads:[~2008-10-20 22:40 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-10-20 17:35 Proactive Drive Replacement Jon Nelson
2008-10-20 22:40 ` Mario 'BitKoenig' Holbe [this message]
2008-10-21  8:38   ` David Greaves
2008-10-21 13:05     ` Jon Nelson
2008-10-21 13:36       ` David Greaves
2008-10-21 13:50       ` David Lethe
2008-10-21 14:11         ` Mario 'BitKoenig' Holbe
2008-10-21 15:13           ` David Lethe
2008-10-21 15:30             ` Mario 'BitKoenig' Holbe
2008-10-21 19:39         ` David Greaves
2008-10-21 13:57     ` Mario 'BitKoenig' Holbe
2008-10-21 17:29       ` David Greaves
2008-10-24  5:57     ` Luca Berra
2008-10-24  8:09       ` David Greaves
2008-10-25 13:20         ` Luca Berra
2008-10-25 16:33           ` David Greaves

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