From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Majed B." Subject: Re: Growing after replacing with larger discs Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:00:37 +0300 Message-ID: <70ed7c3e1003121000q3cfb5eddt7ebd496cdd5f2e1a@mail.gmail.com> References: <4B9A7C63.6090202@anonymous.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: In-Reply-To: <4B9A7C63.6090202@anonymous.org.uk> Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org To: John Robinson Cc: Linux RAID List-Id: linux-raid.ids I'm not sure if it is going to work or not, what you suggested. But if you can run all disks at the same time, then why not create a new array and copy the files over? On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 8:39 PM, John Robinson wrote: > Before I have to go to a customer's premises and try it, I wanted to = ask if > anyone had already done anything like this: I have a CentOS 5 system = with > 0.90 metadata and type fd partitions with RAID-5 over 3 discs. I want= to > grow it by replacing the drives. If I dd the small partitions onto la= rger > ones on the new discs, then reboot, will the system recognise the RAI= D-5 - > which now has its metadata somewhere in the middle of the paritions n= ot at > the end - so that I can then --grow? > > Cheers, > > John. > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid"= in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at =C2=A0http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.ht= ml > --=20 Majed B. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" i= n the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html