Yea... I'm aware of the inherent vulnerability of RAID0, but I don't want to
lose the HD space by using RAID1.
However, this time I'm prepared to implement a robust backup procedure and
utilize either a USB or NAS (or most probably both) for the backups and to
decentralize my data (i.e. pics and vids on my NAS, MyDocs and Preferences
backed up on the USB drive and routine backups ups to DVDs).
I am also looking into paying an on-line service for backups (i.e. X-drive or
Carbonite) just in case of a house fire!
(Can you tell I don't want to go through this again ;))
Thanks for the Linux info... I will look into that.
- Matt
----- Original Message ----
From: Ariel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Matt Boge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: bug-ddrescue@gnu.org
Sent: Sunday, February 4, 2007 4:35:44 AM
Subject: Re: [Bug-ddrescue] ddrescue 1.3 - questions from a newbie
On Wed, 10 Jan 2007, Matt Boge wrote:
> PS. I think I'd like to consider creating multiple partitions in my new
> setup (two 400GB drives that I will be setting up with RAID0).
Watch out with RAID0, if you do that, if either one of the drives die you
lost the data from both. And recovery is much more complicated because
half the data is on each drive.
> I'd install Windows XP on one partition and I think I'd like to install a
> Linux variant on the other to play around with and get more familiar
> with this OS (hey, an old dog can ALWAYS learn new tricks, right?). Any
> suggestions on how I should do this and which variant of Linux I should
> install?
Create the partitions outside linux, first create the Windows partition
(type doesn't matter, as you will see). Then create the Linux partition,
and then finally delete the windows one.
You are doing it in this strange order to make sure the second partition
was also the second one created.
Don't forget to create a swap partition if you will use one (you can also
swap onto a data partition).
Don't install linux yet (since potentially windows will erase it, and
then you'll have wasted your time) boot windows setup, and ask to
partition the drive - windows should complain about some mystery partition
on the drive, but ignore that, and let window partition the free space
on the drive.
Finish windows install. Now install linux, first of all linux will not get
confused about the extra partition, second the installer will
(should) notice windows and create an entry for it. And finally linux will
do the right thing in regard to making sure you can actual boot (window
can't handle it).
Anyway, as far as what variant (called a distribution) I like Debian, but
try these pages:
http://www.tuxs.org/chooser/
http://www.zegeniestudios.net/ldc/
-Ariel
PS. Another option (if your chosen distib supports it), is to be dumb, and
let windows own the whole drive, then have the distrib shrink the
partition to make room for linux.
If you use RAID on the drives you are complicating things, and I just
don't know what linux will do. If it's hardware raid it should work, but
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