Re: How to mirror a drive?

From: Lamar Thomas (noreply_at_noreply.com)
Date: 12/28/03 

Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2003 16:42:17 -0800

You're right Alex,

I don't have much experience. But, this is just a test system with NO data
on it at all.

Lamar

"Alexander Dalloz" <alexander.dalloz@uni-bielefeld.de> wrote in message
news:pan.2003.11.21.17.51.36.435431@uni-bielefeld.de...
> On Fri, 21 Nov 2003 11:34:02 -0500 2boxers wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 20 Nov 2003 00:50:17 +0100, Alexander Dalloz
> > <alexander.dalloz@uni-bielefeld.de> wrote:
> >
> >>On Wed, 19 Nov 2003 23:10:30 +0000 Lamar Thomas wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hey everyone.
> >>>
> >>> I am running RH 9.0 and would like to mirror my system HD. Here is my
> >>> setup. I installed RH 9.0 on an 80GB HD. It takes up the entire
disk. I
> >>> also have another 80GB HD on another controller. The second disk is
> >>> formated DOS Fat32 using a DOS boot disk before I install RH 9.0 on
the
> >>> first disk. The second disk is empty so I can do whatever I need to
do with
> >>> it.
> >>>
> >>> 1. Can anyone tell me how I would go about mirroring my system disk
to the
> >>> second disk from this point?
> >>> 2. Can anyone ALSO tell me how to mirror two disk at OS install time?
> >>>
> >>> Thanks for any help.
> >>>
> >>> Lamar
> >>
> >>If you mean with "mirroring" then you speak about RAID1. It is available
> >>at boot time as an option. Very easy to setup. It is described in the
> >>documentation.
> >>To setup a RAID1 array after installation it is not possible.
> > Absolutely not true.
>
> Ok, you are right. but I meant it for the normal or low experienced users.
> It is not trivial and requires a lot of knowledge about linux software
> raid. And the original poster seems not to be that experiences. I feared
> he will loose his data in trying to migrate.
>
> > You can set up RAID after install. I have done this many times.
> > Granted, the procedure is not for everybody, but if you have problems or
> > questions regarding post install setup of RAID 1, feel free to ask.
> >
> > Charles
>
> Alexander
>
>
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