also sprach Marty <martyb@ix.netcom.com> [2007.01.29.0403 +0000]:
> Why not mirror the whole drive?
>
> and then make it bootable with fdisk right?
>
> No, you use lilo or grub.
If you mirror the drive, you also mirror the boot sector. You can
only do this if the drives are the same size though.
> >Does this mean it also takes with it all the program's / servers I've
> >currently installed? Like mysql and bacula?
>
> This is a non-trivial issue. Databases need guaranteed integrity and use
> specialized backup software with journaling filesystems.
Just shut down the running processes.
> Incidently, I'm suprised anyone is still using a Jaz drive. Are
> not USB flash drives cheaper per byte? They might also boot in
> your computer.
Jaz drives are MO drives and thus can be written too a lot more than
flash; they're more reliable.
> If on the other hand you are using old hardware because its the
> right geek thing to do, then just ignore this comment.
He may also be happy with it and use the money for other things...
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