On Sat, May 19, 2007 at 04:53:55PM +0100, Geoffrey Sneddon wrote: > Hi, > > I'm not subscribed, so can any responses be CC'd directly to me? But, > down to the point: I have a Gentoo 'box running their modified 2.6.17 > kernel, which has /home as a software RAID5. If I'm to move over to > Etch, what would be the best way to move over while keeping the /home > intact? > The mdadm tools work based on a UUID. As long as all the disks of the array are present, it should Just Work(TM).
I am not sure if the installer will automatically recognize an existing RAID and set it up for you while preserving the data. If it does not, you can jump over to another VT, manually start the array and then tell it to use that as /home without formatting it. In any case, you probably want to have a backup just in case. Regards, -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sánchez http://people.connexer.com/~roberto http://www.connexer.com
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