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wdolson
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Nov 17, 2023
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SSH mdadm no found

I wrote last week about my RN628X converting from a Raid 5 to Raid 6 when I put in a 7th drive.  Sandshark had information on how to convert it back using mdadm. I tried it and got a message that md...
  • StephenB's avatar
    Nov 17, 2023

    wdolson wrote:

    I wrote last week about my RN628X converting from a Raid 5 to Raid 6 when I put in a 7th drive.  Sandshark had information on how to convert it back using mdadm.

    I tried it and got a message that mdadm wasn't found.  I used

    apt-get install mdadm brtfs-progs

     


    No need to install either mdadm or btrfs, and best not to try. 

     

    Likely you couldn't find it because you didn't log in as root.

     

    When you use ssh, you need to log in as root, using the NAS admin password.  

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