[KLUG Members] md

[Adam Tauno Williams]

> Is it possible to add software mirroring to an existing partition,
> without creating a new/empty mirror and copying the unmirrored partition
> to it?
> I could swear that I saw Adam do that once at a KLUG meeting (add a 
> new partition, create a new raidtab file, and let md mirror over the
> existing data from the unmirrored partition), but the md docs don't
> mention this at all.

I've done it;  but I don't think it is officially 'kosher',  so because
it worked on one version doesn't mean it will work now.

Backup first and give it a whirl!