From: John Robinson <john.robinson@anonymous.org.uk>
To: Mark Knecht <markknecht@gmail.com>
Cc: Linux-RAID <linux-raid@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Guidance on how to best assemble new root drive?
Date: Sat, 01 Jan 2011 20:27:40 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4D1F8E3C.1000006@anonymous.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTi=eU7Z8OaiAkEkatoN3-U67LEYcB5reB1f27QyU@mail.gmail.com>
On 01/01/2011 19:47, Mark Knecht wrote:
[...]
> Is there a way to rename the array in the SuperBlock?
mdadm --update=homehost
mdadm --update=name
> Should I bother? I may go back and forth between these two Gentoo
> installations for a while and want the RAID to be available in both,
> at least until I delete the old RAID1 system to recapture the disk
> space.
I wouldn't have changed hostname, but if your new root is on the RAID-6
yes I'd change its homehost to suit its hostname. You will then have to
tell the old RAID-1 to start the array using the new homehost.
Cheers,
John.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-01-01 20:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-01-01 19:47 Guidance on how to best assemble new root drive? Mark Knecht
2011-01-01 20:27 ` John Robinson [this message]
2011-01-02 1:24 ` Mark Knecht
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