when sfdisk complains about GPT use sgdisk for RAID disk replacement

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Journal by egork on Friday September 04, 2015 @02:20PM

sgdisk --backup=table /dev/sda
sgdisk --load-backup=table /dev/sdb
sgdisk -G /dev/sdb

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by egork ( 449605 ) writes:

# add a new disk as a spare
mdadm --add /dev/md0 /dev/sdb1
# fail and remove the disk you want to replace
mdadm /dev/md0 --fail /dev/sda1 --remove /dev/sda1
# watch the rebuilding progress
watch cat /proc/mdstat
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  by egork ( 449605 ) writes:
  
  without unmounting the array
  sudo mdadm --grow /dev/md0 --size=max
  sudo mount -o remount,resize /media/RAID
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  by egork ( 449605 ) writes:
  
  whole disk works as well (no partition) mdadm --add /dev/md0 /dev/sdb

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