Re: can metadata type be changed for an active array?

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hi,

On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 8:57 PM, NeilBrown <neilb@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> However the 1.0 metadata uses less space than the 0.90 metadata so
> it is fairly safe to simply stop the array and then create it with 1.0
> metadata.  All your data will still be there.

curious, is that also true for 1.0 -> 1.2 ?

> The bitmap could get written at a different place, and could over-write
> data.  So to be safe:

got it.

>  mdadm --assemble /dev/md5 --metadata=1.0 --update=metadata  /dev/sd[ab]2

fair enough.

thanks!
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