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====Reusing Hard Drives====
====Reusing Hard Drives====
* MBR formatted disks
*MBR formatted disks
If it was ever installed on a Windows machine, or any of the *BSDs, (or in some cases an old system) then you will need to clear the MBR first before installing it.
If it was ever installed on a Windows machine, or any of the *BSDs, (or in some cases an old system with RAID and/or LVM) then you will need to clear the MBR first before installing it.
From the linux command prompt, type the following:
From the linux command prompt, type the following:
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* For disks formatted as GPT this is insufficient. It's probably best to use gdisk or parted or partx to delete the partitions and write over.<br />
*For disks formatted as GPT this is insufficient. It's probably best to use gdisk or parted or partx to delete the partitions and write over.<br />
====Upgrading the Hard Drive Size====
====Upgrading the Hard Drive Size====
Login as root, type console. Select Item 5. "Manage disk reduncancy"
Login as root, type console. Select Item 5. "Manage disk reduncancy"
<nowiki>--------Disk Reduncancy status as of Thursday Dec 22 -------
<nowiki>--------Disk Reduncancy status as of Thursday Dec 22 -------
Current RAID status:
Personalities : [raid1]
md2 : active raid1 hda2[0] <-- NOTICE hdb2[#] is missing. Means hdb2[#] failed.
38973568 blocks [2/1] [U_]
md1 : active raid1 hda1[0] hdb1[1]
104320 blocks [2/2] [UU]
unused devices: <none>
Only Some of the RAID devices are unclean. <-- NOTICE This message and
Manual intervention may be required.</nowiki> <-- this message.
Notice the last 2 sentences of the window above. You have some problems. <br>
Notice the last 2 sentences of the window above. You have some problems. <br>
If your system is healthy however the message you will see at the bottom of Raid Console window is:
If your system is healthy however the message you will see at the bottom of Raid Console window is:
