From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "NeilBrown" Subject: Re: Software, Raid 5, Different Size Drives. Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2009 20:52:53 +1000 (EST) Message-ID: References: <851324.19026.qm@web51304.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Return-path: In-Reply-To: <851324.19026.qm@web51304.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Jon@eHardcastle.com Cc: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-raid.ids On Mon, September 7, 2009 8:35 pm, Jon Hardcastle wrote: > --- On Sun, 16/8/09, NeilBrown wrote: > > ... > >> > >> > (also anyone know if raid5 to raid 6 native support is >> anywhere near?) >> >> Yes. It works with 2.6.30 (or preferrable 2.6.31) and the >> devel-3.1 branch >> from my git tree git://neil.brown.name/mdadm >> >> NeilBrown >> > > I am probably being a bit thick here, but I am running 2.6.8 as per > > http://packages.gentoo.org/package/sys-fs/mdadm > > Does this imply that I already have these features.. as i am pretty sure i > don't (unless it is undocumented) No you don't. 2.6.8 is < 3.1, so your mdadm doesn't have the required support And you need a kernel which is at least 2.6.30. > > I want to add 2 more drives to my array and grow it/reshape from raid 5 to > 6... You'll need to be a bit more patient. NeilBrown