hi ya nate > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > /dev/sdb1 * 1 2 16033+ 83 Linux
i'd make sdb1 also "raid autodetect" so you can boot even if sda or sdb dies > /dev/sdb2 3 2213 17759857+ 5 Extended > /dev/sdb5 3 63 489951 fd Linux raid autodetect > /dev/sdb6 64 428 2931831 fd Linux raid autodetect > /dev/sdb7 429 914 3903763+ fd Linux raid autodetect > /dev/sdb8 915 2189 10241406 fd Linux raid autodetect > /dev/sdb9 2190 2213 192748+ 82 Linux swap .. > but when I try raidhotadd, it says the disk is busy: > > tux:/var/log# raidhotadd /dev/md0 /dev/sdb5 > /dev/md0: can not hot-add disk: disk busy! to swap out a disk # raidsetfaulty /dev/md0 /dev/sdb2 # raidhotremove /dev/md0 /dev/sdb2 # # -- after adding a new disk... watch it resync # raidhotadd /dev/md0 /dev/sdb2 more sw raid stuff http://www.1U-Raid5.net/HowTo/Commands.uhow2.txt c ya alvin anybody wanna use 12 laptop drives ( 80GB each ) for their raid boxes ?? ( its an interesting idea ) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]