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Thread ID: 63896 2005-11-26 01:19:00 RAID to Normal HDD Dannz (1668) Press F1
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407682 2005-11-26 01:19:00 I have linux installed on 3 discs - 17GB Total (in a RAID0 configuration) is it possible to move the enitre thing to a single 30GB disk without having to reinstall or would it be quicker to just reinstall and copy just the users data over? Dannz (1668)
407683 2005-11-26 01:28:00 In theory you ought to be able to transfer it (of course you have to fix /etc/fstab, and the boot manager, so it knows where it is). :thumbs:

The trick is to use tar (possibly using compression) piped to tar unpacking it on the destination disk. :cool: cp might do it, with careful attention to the options, so all permissions are correct.

I think I'd do a clean install. ;) tar is still a good bet for transferring all the data.
Graham L (2)
407684 2005-11-26 03:13:00 Yeah - i think i might do a clean install - will save the amount of server downtime as well.

Thanks Graham L
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