[Wylug-help] RAID question

[Mark Dixon]

On Jul 5, 2012 10:45 PM, "Roger" <roger at roger-beaumont.co.uk> wrote:

> After 2 RAID failures (both drives) I'm twitchy.

Yes, I would be too :)

> I think I need to:
> 1 - buy another drive,
> 2 - fit and partition it,
> 3 - add its partitions as spares,
> 4 - wait for md2 to resynchronise,
> 5 - 'Fail' sdb2 and sdb3, then
> 6 - pull sdb out of the machine and chuck it in the recycling.
>
> Is that the right thing to do and have I got the sequence right?

At the very least, you've missed the zeroth step - check you have a valid,
current backup <ducks/>

And of course boot 'n' nuke sdb before you chuck it...

> PS - and I'm sure I ought to know this - How do I check exactly which
drive is /dev/sdb ?