Re: softwareraid
I gonna try that. I'll tell you the results.
Thanks,
Manuel
>
>
> hi ya manuel..
>
> sounds like you want a "root-boot mirror"...not just mirroring..
> which is trickier...
> - i say just run lilo on the mirrored disk...
> each time you change the booting thingies
> ( kernels, lilo, etc )
> - than it should boot if you do get to hdb instead of hda
> - why make it complicated ???
>
> if / or the / partition dies...you've got bigger problems
> than just mirroring anyway.....mirroring wont hide the source/cause
> of the problems...
>
> c ya
> alvin
>
> On Fri, 17 Nov 2000, Manuel Hendel wrote:
>
> > Thanks for the first time. that's what I wanted. But is it possible to
> > boot than from the mirror. How does this funktion?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Manuel
> >
> > > hi ya manuel..
> > >
> > > none.... you already have mirroring part of the kernel...
> > >
> > > just setup /etc/raidtab for raid1 == mirroring
> > >
> > > http://ostenfeld.dk/~jakob/Software-RAID.HOWTO/
> > >
> > > http://www.Linux-Consulting.com/Raid/raid1.conf
> > > http://www.Linux-Consulting.com/Raid
> > >
> > > you can tell it what partitions to mirror...
> > > ( i think both disks should be partitioned indentically
> > > ( on identical manufacturers drives to minimize headaches
> > >
> > > have fun
> > > alvin
> > > http://www.linux-1U.net ... 1U Raid5 ....
> > >
> > >
> > > On Fri, 17 Nov 2000, Manuel Hendel wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > I have to setup a machine with a sofwareraid, just a mirror. Which
> > > > tool should I use, raidtools, raidtools2 or mdutils?
> > > >
> > > > I already set up the machine on one disk. I made the five partitions,
> > > > boot, root, swap, usr, var. Is it possible to mirror the whole disk
> > > > and boot from the boot partition? By the way, I got debian potato
> > > > installed.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks fot any help,
> > > > Manuel
> >
> >
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