Re: Linux newbie question: copy disk partition table to another disk.

[Glenn McGrath]

Lorn Kay wrote:
> 
> I am using Linux software RAID (on Red Hat) and would like to replace
> a failed disk drive in my RAID array. Can I use parted to copy the
> partition table from the "original" (still good) RAID level 1 disk to
> my new unformatted/unpartitioned replacement disk ?
> 

You shouldnt need parted to do this.

raid should automatically re-sync the new partition with the good data.

I think the command you want is raidhotadd, but you should check the
raid docs/HOWTO.

Glenn