On Thu, 2007-08-16 at 08:11 -0600, Karl Larsen wrote: > Hi Tim, I think you suffer from a fear of "fisk" :-) Yes you > do need to be careful. Look at it this way: No, I don't. Whatever "fisk" means... ;-) > If your going to make a software raid-1 on Linux you must use a > root Terminal. A root Terminal is capable of deleting your entire > Linux! :-( > > This paper is not for a person who has no knowledge of root and > what it can do. You need to know the basics. I will add a place where > they must show this basic knowledge or not try to do raid-1. Now you're going off on a tangent. The only disclaimer needed, as already mentioned by us, is to point out changing drive structures is potentially destructive. Make backups before altering a pre-existing system. What I see you doing, and everything you've said leads to this conclusion: You're making the classic mistake of over-simplifying something to the point that you completely ignore necessary aspects. -- (This box runs FC5, my others run FC4 & FC6, in case that's important to the thread.) Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists.