Using fdisk on AIR-BAG to restore to a larger RAID configuration
| Question: | How do I perform an AIR-BAG recovery to a larger hard drive configuration? |
| Keywords: | guided-step-by-step, larger, recovery |
| Operating Systems: | Linux |
Important Information:
Make sure you ALWAYS test the AIR-BAG Recovery Media before relying on it for a disaster.
Written Guided Step-by-Step 
1. Boot off AIR-BAG CD 2. Make sure Backup Device where Master backups are located is accessible 3. Do option # 7 (Test Backup and Hard Drive Accessibility) If step #3 fails for whatever reason, please do not attempt step #4. 4. Do option # 2 (Guided Step-By-Step Restore) IMPORTANT NOTE: At anytime during the AIR-BAG Recovery Boot Menu, you can press [ ALT-F3 ] to get a display of the original fdisk file-system settings: example of typical screen shot of a fdisk partition table... Configuration before running fdisk with AIR-BAG ================================================================= Disk /dev/sda: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9729 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x0000b655 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 * 1 128 1024000 83 Linux Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary. /dev/sda2 128 2678 20480000 83 Linux /dev/sda3 2678 2933 2048000 82 Linux swap /dev/sda4 2933 9730 54597632 5 Extended /dev/sda5 2933 9730 54596608 83 Linux ================================================================= Configuration after running fdisk with AIR-BAG ================================================================= Disk /dev/sda: 320.1 GB, 320072933376 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x1549f232 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 * 1 128 1028128+ 83 Linux /dev/sda2 129 12000 95361840 83 Linux /dev/sda3 12001 13000 8032500 82 Linux swap / Solaris /dev/sda4 13001 38913 208146172+ 5 Extended /dev/sda5 13001 38913 208146141 83 Linux =================================================================
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