Adding 3Ware RAID to existing Debian

["Col Mackrory" <mackrory@pnc.com.au>]

Is it possible to add a 3Ware IDE Escalade 7000 to a working Debian (3.0)
system - and thus mirror the existing drive.?

I currently have a single drive with two partitions "/" and "/boot" - and a
swap partition.

I am thinking of purchasing a 3Ware card - and a second disk to do RAID 1. I
am assuming since the first drive may be smaller than the second new drive -
I would be mirroring the size of the first drive - and the rest of the space
on the newer (larger) drive is lost?

Is their a reference somewhere on how this is achieved?

Lastly - assuming my existing hard drive is relatively small (say 6Gb) - and
the new drive is (say) 40Gb - after I have the second disk synced - could I
then replace the first drive with a (say) 40 Gb and then make use of the
full drive as a mirror - either by extending the partition size or by adding
another partition - or am I really nuts????

Perhaps it is time for a fresh install!

Cheers,
Col.