--- On Tue, 29/12/09, Mikael Abrahamsson <swmike@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: Mikael Abrahamsson <swmike@xxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: Raid 5 to 6 is it do-able/safe? > To: Jon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Cc: linux-raid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Date: Tuesday, 29 December, 2009, 12:08 > On Tue, 29 Dec 2009, Jon Hardcastle > wrote: > > > I run gentoo with kernel 2.6.22-gentoo-r8 > > > > to convert my 6 drive +1 spare raid 5 to a 7 drive > raid 6? > > No, you need at least kernel 2.6.32 to migrate from raid5 > to raid6. > > -- > Mikael Abrahamsson email: swmike@xxxxxxxxx > -- > 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 > Ok, Cheers for your help guys! I have spent the week getting system/world up to date on my gentoo system and that included the kernel! Unfortuntely the latest non-masked gentoo-sources kernel is 2.6.31-r7 which is what i now have are you certain it is .32 i need? I can get 2.6.32-r1 but it is masked currently.... anyone got an experience with this? Cheers. -- 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
