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Subject: Re: backup drive bootabel
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Noah wrote:
> FreeBSD 4.8-stable
> 
> 
> I have about three different sources for making a drive bootable.  well I have
> a  machine with two drives and the second drive is an exact backup of the
> first.  but I need to make the 2nd drive bootable as well since this drive
> will be plopped in if the first drive goes bad.  any recommendations on how to
> do this?
> 
> Please send me to a good web tutorial if need be.
> 
> - Noah
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Seems like a good candidate for RAID 1 mirroring to me. See my reply to 
your "backup drive scheme" message.

Jason