seeyouza
October 6th, 2010, 11:38 AM
Hi all
I'm going to be creating a RAID-0 array comprised of 3 disks, which will be 1.5TB in size. My current drive is a single 1.5TB disk, configured as follows:
http://img839.imageshack.us/img839/4687/hddconfig.jpg
The 1.2TB partition is a data partition accessed by both Windows 7 and Ubuntu.
The EXT4 partition is obviously Ubuntu, as is the swap space
The 79GB partition is Windows7
Currently, GRUB is managing my dual boot, and everything is working 100%.
My plan was to simply clone the current drive onto the raid array using something like GParted. I know Windows7 would probably work after the operation, but I'm not sure how it would affect Ubuntu, so I'm looking for some advice.
Obviously the point of cloning would be to avoid the reinstall and reconfiguration of everything. I wouldn't mind reinstalling W7 as it's basically just my gaming OS and would be quick and simple. But Ubuntu is my main environment and development machine, and is set up with all my tools, web server and virtual host configs, etc.
So the question is two-fold - would Ubuntu actually WORK after an operation like this (ie. would it support the RAID array out of the box), and if not, how would I go about installing Ubuntu onto a RAID array and easily transfer my current configuration across to the new install, keeping in mind I need to dual boot with Windows?
Thanks in advance
I'm going to be creating a RAID-0 array comprised of 3 disks, which will be 1.5TB in size. My current drive is a single 1.5TB disk, configured as follows:
http://img839.imageshack.us/img839/4687/hddconfig.jpg
The 1.2TB partition is a data partition accessed by both Windows 7 and Ubuntu.
The EXT4 partition is obviously Ubuntu, as is the swap space
The 79GB partition is Windows7
Currently, GRUB is managing my dual boot, and everything is working 100%.
My plan was to simply clone the current drive onto the raid array using something like GParted. I know Windows7 would probably work after the operation, but I'm not sure how it would affect Ubuntu, so I'm looking for some advice.
Obviously the point of cloning would be to avoid the reinstall and reconfiguration of everything. I wouldn't mind reinstalling W7 as it's basically just my gaming OS and would be quick and simple. But Ubuntu is my main environment and development machine, and is set up with all my tools, web server and virtual host configs, etc.
So the question is two-fold - would Ubuntu actually WORK after an operation like this (ie. would it support the RAID array out of the box), and if not, how would I go about installing Ubuntu onto a RAID array and easily transfer my current configuration across to the new install, keeping in mind I need to dual boot with Windows?
Thanks in advance