Re: Reinstall OS Without Disturbing Software Raid Array

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Best advice would be to ensure you have a back up before trying it ;-)

As an aside my raid array is mountable using even a live cd once mdadm
and lvm2 packages have been installed.



On 9 July 2011 22:09, Maurice Hilarius <maurice@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 7/9/2011 11:53 AM, Noah Swint wrote:
>>
>> Can I reinstall fedora 14 without destroying the software raid array?
>
> Yes.
>
> In the Fedora installer, when you get to the disk partitioning options
> selection,
> choose "Custom" which is, I believe the last option on the pull down menu.
>
> That assumes, of course, that you are using the GUI installer version.
> If you are installing in text mode, the choice is the same, however the menu
> is different.
>
> One may if you like, also  selectively save existing partitions and their
> data, but choosing
> whether or not you want them to be formatted.
>
> Often one may want to preserve /home, assuming that it is a separate
> partition or md device.
>
>
>
>
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> Cheers,
> Maurice Hilarius
> eMail: /mhilarius@xxxxxxxxx/
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