Re: [cobalt-users] Raq4r replacing dead drive

[Bruce Timberlake <bruce@xxxxxxxxxx>]

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On Mon December 23 2002 06:17, Dan Siemon wrote:
> One of my Raq4r's lost a drive over the weekend. The users manual
> is unclear on the rules for replacing a dead mirrored drive. I have
> a couple of questions for anyone who has dealt with this before.
>
> 1) Is it OK to replace it with a bigger faster drive? Is it smart
> enough to create the partitions the proper size?

Putting in a faster drive is not recommended.  The power supply is 
pretty close to the edge for the existing setup.  That being said, I 
know people have done it and it's worked fine.  The drive is smart 
enough to "downgrade" itself.

Yes, the system will put the proper partitions on it.

> 2) Does the order of the remaining good drive and new drive matter?

It does not/should not.  I personally move the "good" drive to the 
primary position though (right side as you look at the case from the 
front -- forget which IDE header to plug into at the moment though), 
just to be sure.

> Also, I gather the drive should be completely blank, no partitions
> at all?

Correct. Especially don't use a drive that was ever part of a RAID 
setup.

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Bruce Timberlake

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