I finally succeeded in getting my system back. To remind you, I started
with this configuration :
/proc/mdstat :
md2 : active raid5 sda3[0] sdc3[2] sdb3[1]
957040000 blocks level 5, 64k chunk, algorithm 2 [3/3] [UUU]
md1 : active raid0 sda2[0] sdc2[2] sdb2[1]
19534848 blocks level 0 [3/3] [UUU]
md0 : active raid1 sda1[0] sdc1[2] sdb1[1]
96256 blocks [3/3] [UUU]
mount :
/dev/md1 on / type ext3 (rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro)
/dev/md0 on /boot type ext3 (rw,relatime)
/dev/md2 on /home type ext3 (rw,relatime)
And I wanted to change md1 to a RAID5. So, here is what I did and what
worked.
1- Booted with a LiveCD (Ubuntu 8.04.2 Alternate CD)
2- Backed-up / using tar, put the file on /home
3- Destroyed the array, with mdadm --zero-superblock /dev/sd*2 and mdadm
--stop /dev/md1
4- Created the new RAID5 array
5- Installed a fresh Ubuntu with the install disc
6- Copied the /boot, /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf and /etc/fstab from the fresh
install
7- Restored the backup over the fresh install
8- Restore the files copied at step 6
9- Booted
At this point, it gave me an error saying that the filesystem could not
be mounted with some number. I found this web page
http://linux.byexamples.com/archives/321/fstab-with-uuid/
which told me how to get the uid for my disks, and I updated the
/etc/fstab consequently.
Tadam! It works! I can now plan and buy my new 1TB HD and let the RAID
reconstruct the files, then grow the arrays.
I wrote this email in the hope that it might be usefull to someone someday.
Thanks everyone for your help throughout the day.
Maxime Boissonneault
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