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From: Vladimir Terziev <vlady@gbservices.biz>
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Subject: Mirroring the root disk of already installed machine
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	Hi hackers,

	i have a machine running FreeBSD 5.4 . It has 2 HDDs. Recently the non-root HDD failed and lost all the data on it. Since the machine is working 24/7 i want to mirror its root disk (this one with the OS on it) in order to prevent a severe downtime and data loss.

	Is there a safe way to do the above using gmirror ?

	Thanks in advance!

		Vlady