On Sat, Sep 28, 2024 at 11:23 AM Michael D. Setzer II <mikes@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On 27 Sep 2024 at 19:05, Jeffrey Walton wrote: > > From: Jeffrey Walton <noloader@xxxxxxxxx> > Date sent: Fri, 27 Sep 2024 19:05:31 -0400 > Subject: Move Fedora Server to new machine, RAID1 -> > Single disk > To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Send reply to: noloader@xxxxxxxxx, > Community support for Fedora users > <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > Hi Everyone, > > > > I have a Fedora Server running F40 on an old Proliant G5 with hardware > > RAID1. The machine is giving too much trouble so I would like to > > migrate to newer hardware with a single SSD. Both machines are x86_64. > > > > I've been researching methods to perform the migration, but I am not > > clear on the strategy. Some folks say provide a method and say it > > works, other folks say it does not work. I think I have hit > > diminishing returns on reading from the web. > > > > Seen this message and a number of replies. Some comments. > I've been maintainer of G4L disk imaging program since 2004, so > some things. > > With some hardware raid systems the OS doesn't see it as raid, > since it only sees that the hardware shows it. So might only show > as a single drive. > Had a Novell server with Duplexed Drives and noted only 1 drive > had boot loader installed, so one had to manually copy it to second > drive. So, would handle a drive failure, but boot from drive might > not work on next boot. Old Novell 2.2 machine long long ago. > > Another thing. Should proble create a new rescue kernel, since the > regular kernels generally only include the current hardware files, > so if hardware is real different, might not have required files to > load. Moved a system from old ide drive to sata drive and regular > kernel didn't load. Used rescue kernel, and it worked fine. Then just > hard id reinstall kernal, and it corrected issue with default kernel. Thanks. I will look at it. Jeff -- _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
