[lug] RAID 5 to RAID 1

[rm at fabula.de]

On Mon, Jun 23, 2003 at 03:41:15PM -0600, Bill Jorgensen wrote:
>
> [ ... on using tar ...]
>
> tar cvf - ./fs's_to_tar | ( cd <new_mount> ; tar xvf - )


it might be a good idea to add '-S' or '--sparse' to the tar 
command -- otherwise sparse files might eat up a _lot_ more 
disk space ....
The  '-P --absolute-paths' might also be a good idea as would
be '--preserve' (preserve permissions and file order).
If you archive development files you might want to use '--atime-preserve'
as well or 'make' might get confused.

But then, i personally would use 'pax' ;-)

  Ralf Mattes

> If all is well unmount the original fs's, mount the fs that is RAID ?
> and you are done. If you do not have the disk I hope you have tape...
> 
> Good luck,
> 
> Bill
> 
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