Given a Linux system that runs with two HDs with several partitions each, configured as RAID-1 I want to install a different distribution, using the same RAID-1 HDs, hopefully without loosing the data in /home. The new distribution install does not understand RAID, meaning I will have to mdadm in an x-console. Question: do I simply assemble the existing partitions (mdadm -A) or do I have to create them (mdadm -C) ? Cheers, Ron. -- I'll be back in five minutes. -- Godot -- http://www.olgiati-in-paraguay.org --