From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeff Hoffmann Subject: Re: RAID 0 -> 1 possible? Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2004 09:44:15 -0500 Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <4051CCBF.2020108@microcenter.com> References: <4050CF9C.6000704@microcenter.com> <4051503E.6090703@tequila.co.jp> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <4051503E.6090703@tequila.co.jp> To: Clemens Schwaighofer Cc: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-raid.ids On 03/12/04 00:53, Clemens Schwaighofer wrote: > | Convert / from RAID 0 to 1 without requiring a backup/reinstall/restore > | scenario > | > | Any RAID-mojo-masters with the answer? > > I think that can't work unless you add two more disks. Raid 0 is strip > where 1 is mirroring. Indeed. In my case, the data actually on the partition is < 25%. Perhaps there's a way to shrink the RAID 0 set? That would allow a new partition (not striped) to be created to store the data. Thanks for your input, Jeff Hoffmann