On Tue, 2005-12-06 at 11:15 -0700, Clint Tinsley wrote: > I would agree with going to Raid, either Raid mirrored (software) > or Raid 5 (hardware) with 3 or more drives. But you should be able > to continue using Rsync and have everthing work as you were. For the record, and thanks to Clint, I tried switching the hard drives over again to note the error messages, and lo! the system booted perfectly! If at first you don't succeed...
But we're agreed that for a classroom installation, one really should use at least software RAID-1 mirroring with /dev/hda1 and /dev/hdc1. John **** > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John Ingleby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Clint Tinsley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: I used rsync to backup with K12LTSP... > Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2005 09:11:34 +0000 > > > > > On Mon, 2005-12-05 at 12:51 -0700, Clint Tinsley wrote: > > > Are the Grub boot files need to be identical (mirrored) so that > > > you move c to a, c is actually hda in grub? > > Hi Clint, > > > > Yes, that worked OK with RedHat and FC3. > > > > However, in a real life classroom, I think RAID would be the way to go. > > > > John > > **** > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "John Ingleby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: edubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com > > > Subject: I used rsync to backup with K12LTSP... > > > Date: Mon, 05 Dec 2005 19:33:37 +0000 > > > > > > > > At last I've found time to switch from K12LTSP to Edubuntu for my > > > > home/office network, and I've run into a problem with my old backup > > > > regime. > > > > > Basically, the server has two hard drives in removable trays: /dev/hda > > > > & /dev/hdc. With K12LTSP installed, it ran a nightly rsync script to > > > > copy changes from /dev/hda1 to /dev/hdc1. Then, in the event > > > > that /dev/hda becomes unreadable (which did happen!) I was able to > > > > simply replace /dev/hda with /dev/hdc, and the system boots. > > > > > OK, so I lost a day's work, so I implemented another script to rsync > > > > the /home directory every 30 minutes or so. > > > > > Now, with Edubuntu, switching the hard drives is problematic. > > > > Evidently, /dev/hdc is identified as such, and it's not happy being > > > > inserted in place of /dev/hda. > > > > > There must be a simple solution! Or is it time to install both discs > > > > > as > > > > a RAID device ? > > > > > With thanks for any advice, > > > > > John > > > > **** > > > > > > > > -- > > > > edubuntu-devel mailing list > > > > edubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com > > > > http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-devel > > > > -- edubuntu-devel mailing list edubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-devel
