Note: "permalinks" may not be as permanent as we would like,
direct links of old sources may well be a few messages off.
Am Donnerstag, 11. März 2004 11:32 schrieb Jim Richard:
> ok maybe a stupid question but, can I create a drbd device on a low
> level device that already has a file system on it ?
>
> I mean, what if /dev/hda1 already has a file system, can I just create
> the new drbd device on that or do I need to move all the data to another
> location and move it back after I have mounted /dev/nb0 for example?
>
> I guess you couldn't put the root file system on /dev/nb0 ...
Yes it is possible.
You need to take into account that the resulting DRBD device has
to be of the same size as the lower level device holding your file
systems.
Read: The lower level device on your peer has to be of the same
size or bigger. AND you have to get the disk-size parameter
right.
If you fail, you will get strange FS errors later on, not
immediately.
AND it you do this the first time, you should really have a
backup.
-Philipp
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