Re: Need to remove a drive from a drivelink

Am Freitag, 5. September 2008 17:56:03 schrieb ext Mike Diehl:
> Hi all.
>
> I have 3 drives linked into on volume.  One of those drives has developed=
 a
> bad sector or two.  I know the drive is failing, but for now, all I want =
to
> do is remove it from the link, reformat it, and put it back in.  This is a
> bandage solution.

Using drivelink is not a good idea. Would have been better to use the LVM2 =

region manager and add the drive to an existing region.

> I've freed up enough space on the volume to perform this operation.  I've
> unmounted the filesystem.  How do I go about removing the drive from the
> link?

Don't know wether this is possible at all. However, if it was, I guess you =

would also need to shrink your filesystem first, so that the drive in quest=
ion =

isn't occupied anymore. If that drive is in the middle of the link, I'm afr=
aid =

you're out of luck.

Bye...

	Dirk
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