On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 11:16 PM, Philip Rhoades<phil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > People, > > One of my drives from a software RAID 1 setup on F11 is failing - smartctl > shows: > > sdc > 5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 100 100 036 Pre-fail Always > - 13 > > - the last number has been gradually growing. > > If I remove this drive, is it straightforward to continue using the > remaining drive (sdd) with it's normal ext3 partition and the data still > intact? > > Thanks, > > Phil. > -- There is no problem the faulty drive is not the first drive Drives are renamed if you remove one in the middle, so to speak. Because of the possibility of bad hard drives, it's always a good option to have a spare in the configuration. Try going to the linux-raid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx to get more specific answers. ~af -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines