Re: Creating a softraid mirror from a regular OpenBSD disk

2023-11-13 Thread Daniele B.
> >> If you are on >> sticks copy machine by three slots are also a solution. > > Running an OpenBSD system entirely from USB sticks, and using a copy machine > to make backups is not a good suggestion for general usage. Indeed, and also depends on their size. > P.S. Daniele, please fix your

Re: Creating a softraid mirror from a regular OpenBSD disk

2023-11-13 Thread Crystal Kolipe
On Mon, Nov 13, 2023 at 10:15:30AM +0100, Daniele B. wrote: > In few words, when the matter is saving the data of one 1 disk the best > solution is adopt a backup strategy for that purpose. Yes, this is true. I answered the OPs direct question about how to create the raid mirror, but that was

Re: Creating a softraid mirror from a regular OpenBSD disk

2023-11-13 Thread Daniele B.
The argument has already been touched recently in other threads. In few words, when the matter is saving the data of one 1 disk the best solution is adopt a backup strategy for that purpose. You can have a backup strategy that involve one or more spare disks. If you are on sticks copy machine by

Re: Creating a softraid mirror from a regular OpenBSD disk

2023-11-13 Thread Crystal Kolipe
On Mon, Nov 13, 2023 at 02:05:34AM +0100, i...@tutanota.com wrote: > Is that possible or does the first disk needs to be reformattet and > repartitioned before adding a second disk? You will need to copy your data elsewhere, then re-partition and create the raid mirror, then copy your data back.