Apropos http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-raid&m=108932298006669&w=2 - my first post - Subject:(Can I mark a RAID 1 drive as old? Move it? SCA hangs) Troubles creating a reliable backup system. Was my post OT? Too long? Confusing? (Or just no one here felt like volunteering to answer it?) Just thought I'd ask before posting to, e.g. news:...linux...hardware. In brief, the problems I'd love help with (from the Subject) are 3: Can I mark a RAID 1 drive as old? (I.e. not 'failed', but rather old, as in older than the other drive(s) in the raid1 array it's in.) Move it? I.e. how can I move a drive in a raid array from one drive bay to another and have the resulting drive letter change not be a problem? Why is the system failing when I put a drive into the system? Details in original email at the URL above. Thinking about buying the O'Reilly RAID book, though I doubt it'll answer these off-the-beaten-path questions. -- Mr. Elvey (<firstname>@<lastname>.com) Ignore me. What follows is a test. Wondering if the text below triggered the keyword filter (pre- s/v/u) in my last post: (Yes, my post appeared twice - wasn't my fault - majordomo rejected my svbscription confirmation, and I didn't notice until I'd posted. Then it accepted when I tried again, and I posted again, assuming it wouldn't accept the post of a non-svbscriber. It accepted both posts, but only belatedly (or the moderator approved one) Majordomo requires the confirmation be sent from the svbscriber's address, which is silly; it has the approval code in it.) - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
