From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Florent Rougon Subject: Re: 3 questions... Date: 30 Sep 2002 00:23:24 +0200 Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <87k7l4zb8j.fsf@florent.hn.org> References: <3D977753.4010401@tls.msk.ru> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: In-Reply-To: <3D977753.4010401@tls.msk.ru> To: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-raid.ids Hi, Michael Tokarev wrote: > No. Raid code will happily use any partition type you'll specify. > Partition type "fd" stands for "raid AUTODETECT" - that is, at [...] > root filesystem. But instead of guessing, it is better IMHO to > just tell kernel which devices to use for your root filesystem > (if your root is on raid device), by using something like > append="md=2,/dev/hda1,/dev/hdb1" I have some partitions with the fd type in raid arrays but would like to switch to the manual method you just described. These partitions hold data I care about. Is it safe to change the partition type: - while the array is not active? - while the array is active? Thanks. -- Florent