From: Roman Mamedov <rm@romanrm.net>
To: Wols Lists <antlists@youngman.org.uk>
Cc: Doug Herr <gmane@wombatz.com>, linux-raid@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Replacing a RAID1 drive that has not failed.
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2015 10:28:17 +0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20151028102817.4ec30b5c@natsu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <562FED15.5040804@youngman.org.uk>
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On Tue, 27 Oct 2015 21:31:01 +0000
Wols Lists <antlists@youngman.org.uk> wrote:
> On 27/10/15 16:45, Doug Herr wrote:
> > 1. Partition new drive (plugged in via external SATA dock)
> > #fdisk /dev/sdc
> > (make it an exact match of sda/sdb unless it turns out to be smaller,
> > in which case I can shrink /boot to make room.)
>
> man gdisk.
>
> Look at the "u" option in the "expert" menu - it'll probably save you
> some work :-)
Unfamiliar with 'gdisk', but when I need the exact same set of partitions on
another drive, I use sfdisk:
# sfdisk -d /dev/sda > sda.sf
# sfdisk /dev/sdb < sda.sf
You could even do it in one step:
# sfdisk -d /dev/sda | sfdisk /dev/sdb
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With respect,
Roman
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Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-10-26 23:00 Replacing a RAID1 drive that has not failed Doug Herr
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2015-10-27 0:41 ` Fwd: " Edward Kuns
2015-10-27 16:45 ` Doug Herr
2015-10-27 21:31 ` Wols Lists
2015-10-28 5:28 ` Roman Mamedov [this message]
2015-10-28 15:54 ` Doug Herr
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