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

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Regards, Robert

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