Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2010 19:49:07 -0500 From: Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com> To: Jerrin <slackmails@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Moving to RAID1 Message-ID: <AANLkTingmaCd8k1es%2BHb2g2LtV%2B3HEDCFzRAk6UFDPe7@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTikFL1vZT9MXoAR26XkpY00mSfzz9KfbgJZ9aPCK@mail.gmail.com> References: <AANLkTikFL1vZT9MXoAR26XkpY00mSfzz9KfbgJZ9aPCK@mail.gmail.com>
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On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 3:35 PM, Jerrin <slackmails@gmail.com> wrote: > 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? If you do it correct way you will not. It's possible if you make a mistake and do something like mirror the wrong way you would. > 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. > Again if you do it incorrectly you may need to resort to these procedures. However if you follow the handbook accurately you should be fine. -- Adam Vande More
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