On Wed, 15 Oct 2008 5:10:09 pm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I got a DC7100 with 1.2g ram, 2.8ghz, 40gb fxd (sata - it has 2 ports), > > I'll drop the fdd out and put the second fxd under the cd. > > I ordered 2 * 500gb sata drives for it. > > What OS should I used? > > I'm currently thinking debian because I know that one a bit. > > How easy is it to set up the two disks as RAID1? > > (The 40gb disk will have to come out, so I'll have to be booting off the > drives as well.) > > How does it work? Do I have to make a small boot pat on one of the > drives then set up the rest? If I do that and the boot drive fails then > what? Or do I set up the two drives to be identical? > > Cheers Don
I prefer to mirror the home partition. See my notes at.... http://www.fisherfamily.orconhosting.net.nz/softraid.html -- Regards, Robert -------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Fisher (aka - Rob, Bob, Robbie, Robbo, Fish) www.fisher.net.nz Phone: 03 383 5807 Mobile: 027 228 4698
