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RedArcher2

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Registered: 2024-05-09

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Reinstalling ArchLinux and considering an existing RAID setup

Greetings!

I have a problems with GRUB and I am not sure how long it may take to solve.

I was thinking of installing ArchLinux again.

However, I have a RAID setup for a couple of hard drives.

sda           8:0    0   5.7T  0 disk  
└─sda1        8:1    0   5.7T  0 part  
  └─md127     9:127  0   5.7T  0 raid1 
sdb           8:16   0   5.7T  0 disk  
└─sdb1        8:17   0   5.7T  0 part  
  └─md127     9:127  0   5.7T  0 raid1 

I have made that setup during ArchLinux install.

Would it be possible to install ArchLinux without intervening with RAID setup?

Information about the device in which ArchLinux is installed.

# cfdisk /dev/nvme0n1
>>  /dev/nvme0n1p1        2048     206847      204800    100M EFI System        
    /dev/nvme0n1p2      206848    8595455     8388608      4G Linux filesystem
    /dev/nvme0n1p3     8595456  910370815   901775360    430G Linux filesystem
    /dev/nvme0n1p4   910370816  976773134    66402319   31.7G Linux swap

rep_movsd

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Registered: 2013-08-24

Posts: 142

Re: Reinstalling ArchLinux and considering an existing RAID setup

I ran Arch with Raid0 over 2 and 3 partitions (on different disks) for many years.
You can certainly install Arch on your NVME disk without it being bothered by your RAID disks, it wont mess up anything.