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Can I put 2 disks into a raid-0 array without reformating the FS?

We have an existing /dev/sda disk, we are adding an identical /dev/sdb I want to place these two disks in a raid-0 array. Can I do that without reformating /dev/sda?
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Ubuntu: How do the md devices get assembled at bootup?

How do the md devices get assembled at bootup in Ubuntu? Is /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf truly the relevant factor here? My mdadm.conf is sound and I checked that while I was in the rescue CD environment. ...
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Ubuntu Software Raid5 - /dev devices changed, will mdadm raid break

I had a major server failure. The OS is fine and back up and running. Before I plug my raid drives back in and try and mount it I need to ask this simple question. The drives that originally mapped ...
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RAID5 recovery trying with “mdadm --create … missing”

First how I got in this situation: I had an RAID5 array with disks each 2TB (external USB-disks), I then wanted to create a larger encrypted array. Therefore I got 2 additional disks (also 2 TB each) ...
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/dev/md127 refuses to stop. No open files

So I'm trying to stop /dev/md127 on my Ubuntu 12.10 box. It was set up as RAID1, but I'm trying to move everything (well, rename) to md0. I read that renaming isn't possible, so I'm trying to remove ...