Re: [cobalt-users] Raq4 - Help - Anyone replaced a hard drive?

[Christopher Jay Manders <Chris.Manders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

Might want to look in /etc/raidtab and see which one is master in the
RAID
configuration....

Then do William's steps.


Christopher


"William J.A. Brillinger" wrote:

> Why not...
>
> - buy 2 new drives, your choice of MFR (I just did a maxtor 10gb)
> - take the machine offline
> - duplicate the working drive to one of the new ones,
>    using PowerQuest's drive copy
> - Put the new (duplicate) into the master slot, put the
>    blank into the secondary and reboot.
>
> If it doesn't work, you still have the original working drive to work from.
>
> Bill B.
>
> At 05:19 PM 28/09/01 +0000, you wrote:
> >Hi,
> >
> >We've had a hard disk failure on our RaQ4r.  So we've got to replace the
> >hard drive.
> >
> >Okay, so it's covered under warranty, but Cobalt insist that I send the
> >box back to them for repair.  As I've got quite a lot of business riding
> >on the box, taking the box offline for days will cost significantly more
> >than a half an hour repair session next to the rack where it is.  So
> >sending it back is out of the question and Cobalt refuse to send me a disk
> >to replace it with.  So much for the Warranty.
> >
> >So I need to find a replacement disk so I can go do it myself.  But there
> >are two problems.
> >
> >1. The disk in the RaQ (Seagate ST330621A 30gb) is no longer available,
> >Seagate have replaced it with an update model.  And over 20 suppliers here
> >in the UK do not have the old one on their shelves.  So it means getting
> >another drive, by another manufacturer.  Has anyone else done this, and
> >have they done this with a RaQ4r RAID?  What if the new drive is slightly
> >smaller than the existing drive?
> >
> >2. What will happen with the RAID when the box is switched back on again?
> >Should I swap the disks around so that the working Secondary drive is put
> >in the primary slot and the new drive is put in the old secondary
> >slot.  Or should the new drive go in the Secondary bay.  I don't want the
> >RAID to think that the formated drive is the one to copy over the broken
> >one.  What about partitioning the new drive or formating it?  Does this
> >need to be done before installing?
> >
> >Thanks for any help anyone can give - getting quite desperate here!
> >
> >Anthony
> >
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