Jobst Schmalenbach
2014-Feb-17 04:26 UTC
[CentOS] deleting FakeRaid -> what happens to the partitions/data
Hi A server has FakeRAID installed, I want to remove it to make it mdadm driven .... If I delete the FakeRAID including - disabling it in the BIOS - removing the dmraid driver from initrd - deleting all meta data from partitions - deleting all dmraid packages is the data still available on the drives, i.e. the partitions, filesystem and files are still ok? I know that FakeRAID controller is not a real hardware controller and the driver (thus CPU doing the work) makes it look like one drive ... So if you create a partition it would be a standard (and same) partition on each of the drive connected to a FakeRAID? This would me there are just normal drives with partitions and file system that is ready to be used after the deletion of the faeRAID? thanks Jobst -- Dont blink or you miss it! | |0| | Jobst Schmalenbach, jobst at barrett.com.au, General Manager | | |0| Barrett Consulting Group P/L & The Meditation Room P/L |0|0|0| +61 3 9532 7677, POBox 277, Caulfield South, 3162, Australia
John R Pierce
2014-Feb-17 05:21 UTC
[CentOS] deleting FakeRaid -> what happens to the partitions/data
On 2/16/2014 8:26 PM, Jobst Schmalenbach wrote:> A server has FakeRAID installed, I want to remove it to make it mdadm driven .... > > If I delete the FakeRAID including > > - disabling it in the BIOS > - removing the dmraid driver from initrdthe dmraid driver is really not functionally different than the mdraid driver, except it supports the Intel fake-raid metadata so the BIOS can treat the volume like a raid too. -- john r pierce 37N 122W somewhere on the middle of the left coast