On Sun, 2005-02-06 at 21:21 -0500, Nick Smith wrote: > On Sun, 2005-02-06 at 14:53 -0800, Mike Noble wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > Nick Smith wrote: > > | im going to be putting a second harddrive in my server that i want to > > | back up to, i want a mirror image, so if anything happens i can just > > | switch the drive to the primary and im back up again. will 'dd' do this > > | for me? if so how does it handle in use files, like pid's and socks? i > > | know rdiff-backup has a problem with those so i wouldnt be able to use > > | that. also, what about a mirrored raid? is it possible to create one > > | without having to start from scratch and reinstall? like just add the > > | drive to mirror to and mirror it? what would be the best solution for my > > | situation? > > | > > | > > | -- > > | [email protected] mailing list > > | > > | > > > > You did not say what your file systems were, but why not use dump > > If you are interested I have a script that dumps one file system to > > another. If you tell me the layout of your disk I can write a script > > that will do if for you and can be run from cron on a nightly basis. > > > > Mike > > i use reiserfs for root and my boot partition is ext2 > forgot to ask, how does dump handle in use files? > > - -- > > Mike Noble > > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Key ID: 0xFFDFC13B > > Key fingerprint: 8204 1297 B9AD 0CED 2FCE 1FB0 9491 5824 FFDF C13B > > Keyserver: http://pgpkeys.mit.edu > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (GNU/Linux) > > > > iD8DBQFCBp/TlJFYJP/fwTsRAgpUAJ96wZdMLuCwJoQTpkvXwZJTr0414wCfdssd > > 02IQM8T5ktnR6fBwpbKEA3s= > > =OUBN > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > >
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