From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 12 09:20:17 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 585EC16A4CE for ; Wed, 12 Nov 2003 09:20:17 -0800 (PST) Received: from typhoon.enabled.com (typhoon.enabled.com [216.218.220.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9BA9B43F93 for ; Wed, 12 Nov 2003 09:20:16 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from admin2@enabled.com) Received: from enabled.com (localhost.enabled.com [127.0.0.1]) by typhoon.enabled.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id hACHKEN7003582; Wed, 12 Nov 2003 09:20:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from admin2@enabled.com) From: "Noah" To: Jason Stewart , Noah Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 09:20:14 -0800 Message-Id: <20031112171905.M63476@enabled.com> In-Reply-To: <3FB25926.2000109@rtl.org> References: <20031112154647.M33110@enabled.com> <3FB25926.2000109@rtl.org> X-Mailer: Open WebMail 2.01 20030425 X-OriginatingIP: 64.121.33.4 (admin2) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: backup drive bootabel X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 17:20:17 -0000 On Wed, 12 Nov 2003 11:00:38 -0500, Jason Stewart wrote > 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? Thanks Jason, I will consider it. in the mean time can somebody explain to me how to make the 2nd drive bootable. I have seen many different ways to do this. can you direct me to the most optimal. I want to place a boot section that has no menu and no options. just load teh kernel and go. - Noah > > > > Please send me to a good web tutorial if need be. > > > > - Noah > > > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > Seems like a good candidate for RAID 1 mirroring to me. See my reply > to your "backup drive scheme" message. > > Jason