I just cannot fully envisage how to achieve objective below with confidence to avoid disaster of losing both fully established and opted out LInux and Win 7 operating systems.
A brief outline of an appropriate procedure would be appreciated.
Existing Config:
Original install of Vista-64 Ultimate on 1TB SATA drive, HDD_1
Ubuntu also installed with Grub on HDD_1.
Upgrade to Win 7 Ultimate and install on separate 300GB 15K RPM SAS drive, HDD_2.
There is also a separate RAID 0 filesystem consisting of five 1TB SATA drives
The only active partition is the Vista partition on HDD_1
Grub boots off HDD_1 and presents Win 7 among the standard Linux options
Selecting Win 7 brings up Windows bootloader which offers the option of Win 7 or Vista
Selecting Vista boots into the Vista partition on HDD_1
Selecting Win 7 boots into the Win 7 partition on HDD_2
Objective:
Now want to copy as a separate stand-alone O/S, the Ubuntu partition from HDD_1 onto a new 300GB 15K RPM SAS drive, HDD_3.
The 1TB SATA drive, HDD_1, will be formatted, so Vista is no longer possible, and the HDD_1 drive will be added to the RAID 0 array.
Final Config:
Win 7 stand-alone on 300GB 15K RPM SAS drive, HDD_2
Ubuntu stand-alone on 300GB 15K RPM SAS drive, HDD_3
RAID 0 filesystem consisting of six 1TB SATA drives
Any help or guidance would be most appreciated.
A brief outline of an appropriate procedure would be appreciated.
Existing Config:
Original install of Vista-64 Ultimate on 1TB SATA drive, HDD_1
Ubuntu also installed with Grub on HDD_1.
Upgrade to Win 7 Ultimate and install on separate 300GB 15K RPM SAS drive, HDD_2.
There is also a separate RAID 0 filesystem consisting of five 1TB SATA drives
The only active partition is the Vista partition on HDD_1
Grub boots off HDD_1 and presents Win 7 among the standard Linux options
Selecting Win 7 brings up Windows bootloader which offers the option of Win 7 or Vista
Selecting Vista boots into the Vista partition on HDD_1
Selecting Win 7 boots into the Win 7 partition on HDD_2
Objective:
Now want to copy as a separate stand-alone O/S, the Ubuntu partition from HDD_1 onto a new 300GB 15K RPM SAS drive, HDD_3.
The 1TB SATA drive, HDD_1, will be formatted, so Vista is no longer possible, and the HDD_1 drive will be added to the RAID 0 array.
Final Config:
Win 7 stand-alone on 300GB 15K RPM SAS drive, HDD_2
Ubuntu stand-alone on 300GB 15K RPM SAS drive, HDD_3
RAID 0 filesystem consisting of six 1TB SATA drives
Any help or guidance would be most appreciated.