From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3EC3FC433EF for ; Fri, 24 Jun 2022 18:44:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S231939AbiFXSo6 (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 Jun 2022 14:44:58 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:43860 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S229873AbiFXSo5 (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 Jun 2022 14:44:57 -0400 Received: from rin.romanrm.net (rin.romanrm.net [IPv6:2001:bc8:2dd2:1000::1]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3053F62710 for ; Fri, 24 Jun 2022 11:44:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nvm (nvm2.home.romanrm.net [IPv6:fd39::4a:3cff:fe57:d6b5]) by rin.romanrm.net (Postfix) with SMTP id E13AA6A6; Fri, 24 Jun 2022 18:44:54 +0000 (UTC) Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2022 23:44:53 +0500 From: Roman Mamedov To: Alexander Shenkin Cc: Linux-RAID Subject: Re: Upgrading motherboard + CPU Message-ID: <20220624234453.43cf4c74@nvm> In-Reply-To: References: <81c50899-7edb-e629-3bbc-16cfa8f17e34@youngman.org.uk> <5cbd9dd1-73fc-ce11-4a9d-8752f7bea979@youngman.org.uk> <1de4bf1f-242b-7d02-23dc-a6d05893db81@plouf.fr.eu.org> <20220624232049.502a541e@nvm> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org On Fri, 24 Jun 2022 11:27:08 -0700 Alexander Shenkin wrote: > I have 1 RAID6 (root) and 1 RAID1 (boot) array running across 7 drives > in my Ubuntu 20.04 system. I bought a new motherboard and CPU that I'd > like to replace my current ones. In non-raid systems, I get the sense > that it's not a very risky operation. However, I suspect RAID makes it > more tricky. Luckily with software RAID using mdadm it does not. > Wondering if anyone can offer any advice here? Do I have to make sure sata > cables are plugged into corresponding ports in the new motherboard? No, the order of cables is unimportant. Just plug everything in, and it should work. May have to check in BIOS that it doesn't require a UEFI boot partition, but allows to boot from a legacy-style bootloader, in settings such as "Launch CSM: Enabled" and "Boot device control: (UEFI and) Legacy". -- With respect, Roman