Clone HD to NVME M2 Drives configured for RAID 1 (mirrored) ?

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MNBobcat
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I have to use the Linux boot rescue media because if I use the windows bootable media I have no mouse or keyboard support.   I am trying to copy a Windows 10 Hard drive (plugged into an SATA cable on a new machine) over to a pair of NVME M2 drives that are configured for RAID 1.

When I go to clone the Win 10 drive, it shows the two NVME destination drives as separate drives (2 drives) when I expected they (given they are mirrored) would show as a single drive.  This is a hardware based raid.

How do I clone my win 10 drive to the raid 1 drives and have it correct?

Wed, 08/19/2020 - 21:06
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IanL-S
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Linux recovery media does not support RAID - proprietary drivers such as RAID drivers are not permitted to be included.

There is a risk of things going wrong when cloning, so I would suggest creating a backup and then restoring the the backup to the raid configuration.

Am I correct in assuming that the you want to use the RAID array to contain the OS (Windows), if not you can do the process from within Windows.

Am I correct in assuming that the mouse and keyboard are wireless. Creating the Windows RE recovery media should pick them up. The only solution I can think of is to use the MVP Tool - CUSTOM ATI WINPE BUILDER and inject the necessary drivers.

Ian

Thu, 08/20/2020 - 07:42

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MNBobcat
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Ian,

The mouse and keyboard are USB plugged into a USB 2 port on the new machine. 

I was able to get  a new windows 10 install today on the raid drives.  That basically only was done to insure everything is configured correctly to boot and run windows 10.  Next step will be to restore only the system partition from my backup to see if I can get my system to run on the new hardware.

Thu, 08/20/2020 - 23:07