CentOS - Sep 2009 - Problem with raid0

Hey! I have big problem with my centos 5.1. I have two hard discs 500gig and
40gig and those are in RAID0. I would like to remowe the small 40gig hd and put
new 500gig hd and i don't wan't raid0 anymore.

How can i copy data from 40gig hd to 500gig hd and switch 40gig hd to new 500gig
hd?

Another question: Can i just copy all my files to windows laptop and if i
wan't "backup" files?

Please answer my talent in linux isn't very good. 


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jussi at mail.com wrote on 09/24/2009 07:01 AM:
> Hey! I have big problem with my centos 5.1. I have two hard discs 500gig 
> and 40gig and those are in RAID0. I would like to remowe the small 40gig 
> hd and put new 500gig hd and i don't wan't raid0 anymore.
That's quite an odd asymmetric RAID setup if you really mean both drives 
are in the RAID0.
> How can i copy data from 40gig hd to 500gig hd and switch 40gig hd to 
> new 500gig hd?
Any way to put in the new drive without disturbing the RAID, copy data 
to it, then remove the RAID setup?  If you try to remove a disk from 
RAID0 you will lose it all - no redundancy in RAID0.
> Another question: Can i just copy all my files to windows laptop and if 
> i wan't "backup" files?
That's possible, but you may have problems with file ownership and 
permissions if you just copy files.  I'd use a tar or cpio archive on 
the Windows storage.  Could then be restored to Linux, either as an 
additional backup, or as an alternative to having all 3 drives on-line 
as outlined above.

Phil