I'm not sure if it is going to work or not, what you suggested. But if you can run all disks at the same time, then why not create a new array and copy the files over? On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 8:39 PM, John Robinson <john.robinson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Before I have to go to a customer's premises and try it, I wanted to ask if > anyone had already done anything like this: I have a CentOS 5 system with > 0.90 metadata and type fd partitions with RAID-5 over 3 discs. I want to > grow it by replacing the drives. If I dd the small partitions onto larger > ones on the new discs, then reboot, will the system recognise the RAID-5 - > which now has its metadata somewhere in the middle of the paritions not at > the end - so that I can then --grow? > > Cheers, > > John. > -- > 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 > -- Majed B. -- 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
