Upgrading from a non-RAID to a hardware-RAID system (on RedHat 7.3) without formatting. Is it possible?

From: RickDang (rickdang_at_email.it)
Date: 03/24/04


Date: 24 Mar 2004 09:22:37 -0800

Hi to all,
I have a RH7.3 installation on an IDE hard disk directly connected to
the motherboard. Now I'm about to add an IDE RAID controller, and I
would like to connect my existing hard disk on it, plus another new
disk.

Is it possible to setup a RAID 1 (mirroring) with the current
configuration, without re-formatting and re-installing the system? In
case, what should I do to make the boot and the operating system run
correctly?

Please consider that I don't have a very deep knowledge on linux
commands and config files.

Thanks a lot,
Rick



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