On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 1:06 PM, Robert De Mars <tclug at b-o-b.homelinux.com> wrote: > I was curious if anyone knew of a good how to that explains the steps > for moving an existing non-raid system to a RAID 1 setup. > > The system currently has an 80G hard drive running Slackware 12.1. > > I would like to move the file system from the 80G hard drive to a RAID 1 > setup using 2 x 500G drives, and then toss the 80G in the trash. > > If any one knows of a document(s), I would greatly appreciate it. > > Thanks, > > Bob > Hi Robert, I'd suggest that using some live CD (GParted: http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livecd.php), you copy your existing partitions from the old drive to one of the new ones. Then boot from the new drive, and follow these instructions to convert to RAID 1 on the fly (debian article): http://www.ctunion.com/node/178 Cheers -- Svetoslav Milenov (Sunny) Even the most advanced equipment in the hands of the ignorant is just a pile of scrap.