Ross Walker wrote on Fri, 12 Dec 2008 19:35:48 -0500: I think I would do it the same or very similar. > 4) created a degraded raid1 called md2 out of new sdb2, use --force > with mdadm Why force? > 7) removed sda1 from md0 and sda2 from md1 killing md1 off, I don't > remember if I did a mkinitrd at this point, but if in doubt, generate > one Yes, if your root device path changes, you have to run mkinitrd with the *new* fstab. > 9) fdisk'd boot partition of type autoraid and lvm partition of type > autoraid, same as before. Added grub to new sdb mbr. At this point you can simply copy the structure over with sfdisk and avoid the manual creation. Kai -- Kai Schätzl, Berlin, Germany Get your web at Conactive Internet Services: http://www.conactive.com