Re: Rebuilding RAID 1 Array in Linux with a new hard disk after a disk fault - Howto with screen shots

["Steven" <redalert.commander@gmail.com>]

On Wed, June 16, 2010 17:30, Michal wrote:
>
> Sorry I really didnt explain my self propely;
>
> Yes I mean /dev/sde and by lable I mean get a lable machine (or
> somehting similar) to put a physical lable on the drive, like a sticker
> with text saying /dev/sde
>
> I did this in one machine and simply built my RAID1 array across two
> drives, disconnected a drive, booted back up check mdstat to see which
> one was now disconnected and labled that one, then labled the second
> one. It's not a brilliant way I will admit but it works perfectly well.
> I tested it 3 times (connecting the drive back, rebuild array,
> disconnecting the other drive etc) to really make sure I had labled them
> correctly.
>
Ah, now I get it, I had no idea how to know which drive to put the right
label on.

Thanks.


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