Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2010 16:07:15 -0500 From: Diego Arias <dak.col@gmail.com> To: Jerrin <slackmails@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Moving to RAID1 Message-ID: <AANLkTimYKXU9qgike6opA3Qv8pVmrFYzFyrgXYk746fk@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTikFL1vZT9MXoAR26XkpY00mSfzz9KfbgJZ9aPCK@mail.gmail.com> References: <AANLkTikFL1vZT9MXoAR26XkpY00mSfzz9KfbgJZ9aPCK@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi: Using gmirror you wont loose any data, just be carefully editing fstab to point the right devices (triple check). Its actually quite easy. Anyway if you can get console access its better just for precaution. Diego Arias On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 3:35 PM, Jerrin <slackmails@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > > i have a freebsd(7.3) dedicated server with one hard disk.It have > partitions > for root and swap only.I want to setup RAID1 by adding one more hard disk.i > found in freebsd handbook about setting up RAID1 > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/geom-mirror.html .I only have remote > access to the server.Will i lose data by doing it?Anyways to make sure in > the procedure of setting up raid1 that i shouldn't have to go single user > mode or change something at the boot prompt when rebooting after this is > setup. > > Thank you > Rihaz > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- Still Going Strong!!!
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