Hi guys,
In the end my RAID-5 repartitioning problem was quite simple...
>From the cfdisk manpage:
W Write partition table to disk (must enter an upper
case W). Since this might destroy data on the
disk, you must either confirm or deny the write by
entering `yes' or `no'. If you enter `yes', cfdisk
will write the partition table to disk and the tell
the kernel to re-read the partition table from the
disk. The re-reading of the partition table works
is most cases, but I have seen it fail. Don't
panic. It will be correct after you reboot the
-> system. In all cases, I still recommend rebooting
-> the system--just to be safe. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
^^^^^^^^^^
Having been totally spoilt by Debian, I have completely got out of the
habit of rebooting any machine if it can be avoided. In this case I
thought it could, but it couldn't. I needed to reboot after
repartitioning (using cfdisk) and before mkraid. Having done this, I was
able to mkraid, mke2fs and transfer all my data. Happiness and bliss.
Thanks for the suggestions; I will definitely look into the software I was
pointed to.
Have a nice weekend,
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