On Fri, Apr 26, 2002 at 10:47:05AM +0200, Marcus Schommer wrote: > hello, > is an existing raid5 array expandable in the way lvm is, > so that i can add a disk, repartition and expand the file system on it? Well, yes and no. raidreconf (http://unthought.net/raidreconf) will do what you are asking, so that makes it a "yes". But the conversion can take considerable time (a full day or more is not unheard of) - since you should take a full backup of your system anyway, maybe the fastest solution would be to simply get the backup done, re-create the array, and restore. If your system has a lot of memory, it is possible that raidreconf is faster. In any case, I would be interested in hearing your experiences if you decide to try out raidreconf. -- ................................................................ : jakob@unthought.net : And I see the elder races, : :.........................: putrid forms of man : : Jakob Østergaard : See him rise and claim the earth, : : OZ9ABN : his downfall is at hand. : :.........................:............{Konkhra}...............: - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
