[plug] Software raid issue - moving a raid set to a new system

[Carl Gherardi]

On Nov 29, 2007 2:38 PM, Matt Kemner <zombie at penguincare.com.au> wrote:
> On Thu, 29 Nov 2007, quoth Carl Gherardi:
>
> > Hail Mary - Anyone _safely_ switched the partition type on a disk from 83 to FD?
>
> What's the big deal?
>
> # fdisk /dev/sdb
> Command (m for help): t
> Partition number (1-4): 1
> Hex code (type L to list codes): 82
> Command (m for help): w
>
> then rinse & repeat for /dev/sdc
>
> Changing the partition type doesn't touch any of the data on the
> partition, it just changes the flag in the partition table.

Extremely data paranoid customer (data acquisition costs are very
high), and multiple sets of disks the changes need to be applied to.

I'd do it to my disks, but convincing the customer its safe is another matter.

Meh.

Carl G