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is it possible to create raid 1, when one hard drive is already contains data? i have /boot partition on it, and the rest of it is LVM...
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    is it possible to create raid 1, when one hard drive is already contains data?
    i have /boot partition on it, and the rest of it is LVM

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    I've never done it but have read that it's possible. You can check this wiki page for some info on how to go about it:

    Convert a single drive system to RAID - ArchWiki

    Note that the article was written for Arch, but it should work on other distros as well.
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