AW: [cobalt-users] raid creation after adding 2nd hdd

["Florian Arzberger" <arzberger@xxxxxxxxxx>]

set the type of all partitions on the disk to fd?

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[mailto:cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Im Auftrag von Gerald Waugh
Gesendet: Mittwoch, 24. März 2004 22:07
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Betreff: RE: [cobalt-users] raid creation after adding 2nd hdd

On Wed, 24 Mar 2004, Bob Noordam wrote:
> > On Tuesday 23 March 2004 05:22 pm, Florian Arzberger wrote:
> > > how do i start raid creation after adding a 2nd hdd into my raq4i ?
> >
> > Hm.  I'm sure it can be done, but the 4i OSRCD does not set up the 
> > RAID config stuff by default. You'd have to manually configure it 
> > all, and I'm not sure I've seen a howto on that procedure.  I would 
> > think if you could find a generic "adding RAID" procedure and modify 
> > it according to the RaQ's partition scheme, it should work.  But 
> > having never done it, I have no idea what would be involved.
> >
> > The few times I've had to do it, I just restored the RaQ with a 4r CD.
>
>
> I have done it before, but never noted the steps. Basicaly i created 
> the partitions and dumped a config file in from a machine that already had
raid.
> Upon reboot the rebuild started. I have 3 raid kits coming in from 
> gerald soon to upgrade some machines, i'll post a step by step by then.

You need /etc/raidtab from a RaQ4r
You need to fdisk the current drive, setting partition type to FD, where it
is currently 83.

That may do it! SWAGing it!

Gerald
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