From: Richard Scobie <richard@sauce.co.nz>
To: Troy Cauble <troycauble@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: problem growing raid-1
Date: Mon, 02 Feb 2009 07:56:48 +1300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4985F070.10105@sauce.co.nz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <6d344ffd0901312134q623be8ffi4cec4b6c39dd6216@mail.gmail.com>
Troy Cauble wrote:
> I want to replace both disks in a RAID-1 with larger ones using the
> instructions here:
> http://linux-raid.osdl.org/index.php/Growing#Extending_an_existing_RAID_array
>
> It looks straightforward: mdadm -f, mdmadm -r, swap a drive, etc., etc.
>
> Except if I -f & -r a drive, I won't know which physical drive to pull.
> (And I have no spare SATA ports.)
smartctl -a -d ata /dev/sdx
will tell you the serial number of the drive, which then lets you
shutdown, identify and remove the correct one.
Regards,
Richard
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-02-01 18:56 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-02-01 5:34 problem growing raid-1 Troy Cauble
2009-02-01 6:58 ` Guy Watkins
2009-02-01 14:33 ` Troy Cauble
2009-02-01 18:56 ` Richard Scobie [this message]
2009-02-01 19:12 ` Troy Cauble
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