hi Andrei, Andrei POPESCU <andreimpope...@gmail.com> writes:
thank you for your answer. > On Sb, 11 sep 21, 18:55:56, Felix Natter wrote: >> hello fellow Debian users, >> >> I have an SSD for the root filesystem, and two HDDs using RAID1 for >> /storage running Debian10. Now I need a plan B in case the upgrade >> fails. >> >> So I made an experiment with a VM and rougly the same setup (disk-wise), >> and found out that when reinstalling Debian11, the d-i does recognize >> the RAID1 (/storage) and can reuse it while keeping the data. > > Careful here! You can tell d-i to not format an existing partition, but > if you want to use it as the root partition the new system will probably > be installed in the same file structure as your other data. > > Is this what you're considering? No, the RAID1 is for /storage, the root filesystem (which I intend to format) is on a separate SSD. Thanks and Best Regards, Felix -- Felix Natter debian/rules!
