Re: [CentOS-docs] Comments? HowTos/CentOS5ConvertToRAID

2009-05-13 Thread Phil Schaffner
Ed Heron wrote: ... I think so. I use rsync to synchronize samba shares and web sites between servers so I've gotten used to using it for other things. It also looks more like a copy, which might be easier to understand for those less familiar. I was considering adding the tar option.

Re: [CentOS-docs] Comments? HowTos/CentOS5ConvertToRAID

2009-05-13 Thread Scott Robbins
On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 08:20:07AM -0400, Phil Schaffner wrote: Ed Heron wrote: ... Thanks. Writing documentation is always a balancing act between not putting enough detail in because it seems intuitive to the person who does it every day and putting too much in with the effect of it

Re: [CentOS-docs] Comments? HowTos/CentOS5ConvertToRAID

2009-05-13 Thread Scott Robbins
On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 09:02:00AM -0400, Scott Robbins wrote: Often, I find the difference between BSD docs and Linux docs, the difference between something written for the busy sysadmin and something written for the hobbyist who has all day to go searching around for the missing pieces.

Re: [CentOS-docs] Comments? HowTos/CentOS5ConvertToRAID

2009-05-13 Thread Ed Heron
From: Phil Schaffner, Wednesday, May 13, 2009 6:20 AM It just works. I habitually use rsync for incremental updates across directories or systems, but tar is often more robust for this type of job, just because of things like needing to remember to use -H. Both rsync and cpio will work if

Re: [CentOS-docs] Comments? HowTos/CentOS5ConvertToRAID

2009-05-13 Thread Ralph Angenendt
Ed Heron wrote: From: Phil Schaffner, Wednesday, May 13, 2009 6:20 AM It just works. I habitually use rsync for incremental updates across directories or systems, but tar is often more robust for this type of job, just because of things like needing to remember to use -H. Both rsync

Re: [CentOS-docs] Comments? HowTos/CentOS5ConvertToRAID

2009-05-13 Thread Ed Heron
From: Ralph Angenendt, Wednesday, May 13, 2009 9:42 AM What happens when you set --xattrs in rsync, too? Their manual page does not mention SELinux, though. That's the X that I added to the rsync command. It does not successfully copy SELinux attributes. That's why I had to set the relabel

[CentOS-docs] Comments? HowTos/CentOS5ConvertToRAID

2009-05-12 Thread Ed Heron
From: Ed Heron, Tuesday, May 05, 2009 2:16 PM My first draft of http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/CentOS5ConvertToRAID is complete. Please, give it a once or thrice over and let me know what you think. I didn't go into too much detail with some steps. If you think a specific step needs

Re: [CentOS-docs] Comments? HowTos/CentOS5ConvertToRAID

2009-05-12 Thread Ed Heron
haven't yet, but will do so later today. And if nobody complains, hey, it probably is a good article :) Ralph Either that or I've hit a target nobody is interested in... OK. It's a great article and nobody has any suggestions or problems... I'm batting 1000... yeah, that. Thanks.

Re: [CentOS-docs] Comments? HowTos/CentOS5ConvertToRAID

2009-05-12 Thread Phil Schaffner
Ed Heron wrote: Has anybody had a chance to look at this? Moving it up on my to-do list... When cloning the root partition need to add H to the rsync flags to preserve hard links. Don't think /boot uses hard links, but wouldn't hurt to use it there also. An often-recommended alternative

Re: [CentOS-docs] Comments? HowTos/CentOS5ConvertToRAID

2009-05-12 Thread Ed Heron
From: Phil Schaffner, Tuesday, May 12, 2009 2:11 PM Ed Heron wrote: Has anybody had a chance to look at this? Moving it up on my to-do list... Thanks. When cloning the root partition need to add H to the rsync flags to preserve hard links. Don't think /boot uses hard links, but

Re: [CentOS-docs] Comments? HowTos/CentOS5ConvertToRAID

2009-05-12 Thread Manuel Wolfshant
On 05/12/2009 11:11 PM, Phil Schaffner wrote: Ed Heron wrote: Has anybody had a chance to look at this? Moving it up on my to-do list... When cloning the root partition need to add H to the rsync flags to preserve hard links. Don't think /boot uses hard links, but wouldn't