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Mount previously created raid via USB
Hi, Please forgive me if this has already been covered, but I didn't find it. I set up my Pro6 the other day with one 2TB disk and planned to add my other, smaller disks later. I didn't realize ...
The problem is you have a volume with the same name using devices with the same names as the internal disks in the NAS. You'd need to rename some stuff and then use SSH to mount it. Not easy but doable.
You'd need to unmount the volume, do
You'll also need to do
and then assemble replacements for /dev/md0 /dev/md1 and /dev/md2 using mdadm.
This is in order not to conflict with what's used by the internal disks in the NAS.
You'd also need to have SSH access to be able to mount your old volume when the disk is connected to the NAS via USB.
You'd need to unmount the volume, do
umount /dev/c/c
lvchange -an /dev/c/c"
lvrename /dev/c/c /dev/oldvol/oldvol
You'll also need to do
mdadm --stop -scan
and then assemble replacements for /dev/md0 /dev/md1 and /dev/md2 using mdadm.
This is in order not to conflict with what's used by the internal disks in the NAS.
You'd also need to have SSH access to be able to mount your old volume when the disk is connected to the NAS via USB.
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