Re: From linux software raid to none software raid?

[Benjamin Schmidt <schmidi2@directbox.com>]

Paul Csanyi wrote:
> Hello!
>
> I have installed Debian Etch with software raid 1.
>
> I am using for this two sata drives.
>
> Is it possyble to turn this system to non software raid?
>
> Doing so I wish to get the first sata drive to use with
> Debian Etch as non software raid, and to use second
> sata drive as a backup, and data drive.
>
> Any advice will be appreciated!

Hey Paul

I would do it this way:

1. Place your second harddisk to another bus (or plug it on over an 
usb-sata adapter) OR Remove in ~ /etc/mdadm the second disk.
2. Restart and boot from a newer kanotix live-cd (maybe others work 
also). With it, you can easily mount a raid partition.
3. Maybe repartition and format your first drive and copy the new files 
on it.
4. Write MBR and other things with lilo/grub (this is the tricky part).
5. Boot

Maybe someone else has a better solution. But that's the way I do such 
things. "Fixes" are welcome ;)

Best regards,
Benjamin Schmidt

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