Click OK to confirm. Click Apply to convert the File System ID.
When the conversion is complete, shut down the system and install the new drive.
openSUSE should recognize the new hardware and ask how to format it. At this point,
you want to create your RAID array (see Figure 20.7).
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FIGURE 20.7 Define the RAID type in the first screen.
CAUTION
Although it??™s technically possible to create a software RAID array using two partitions
on the same hard disk drive, you should never do this. The mirrored or striped partitions
should always be located on different disks.
You will create a mirror. Click Next to continue.
The second screen (see Figure 20.8) allows you to define the drives you want to mirror.
For this example, we created a dummy drive. In a real scenario, the mirror should be at
least as large as the active drive. Select both partitions and click Add to create the mirror.
Click Next to continue.
The final screen in the RAID Wizard sets options for the mirror (see Figure 20.9). For a
mirroring (RAID 1) operation, there??™s no reason to shift from the defaults.
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