In preparation for getting my Tranquil PC BBS2, on which I plan to install Ubuntu server on the “OS disk” and have initially two 1TB drives in Raid1 configuration and add an additional 2 later as my storage needs increase, I … Continue reading →

Following on from my article on Setting up and Managing Raid1 on Ubuntu Server, I have been testing the raid using a VirtualBox VM. Today, I took the VM, consisting of an OS drive (with Ubuntu Server installed) and 2 drives … Continue reading →

Nice and simple: mdadm –stop /dev/md0 mdadm –remove /dev/md0 mdadm –zero-superblock /dev/sdb1 mdadm –zero-superblock /dev/sdc1

Again, I’m using VirtualBox to test this, I have a single OS drive with Ubuntu Server (intrepid) installed. I’ve added two 2gb virtual disk to it, which will be the starting point of the Raid5.  Most places on the net … Continue reading →