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Subject: drive bootable check?
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FreeBSD-4.9

1)  I have a second backup drive in my sevrer that I am currently rsync'ing
every 24 hours.  I like the fact that there is a little bit of a stagger
between the drives.  is there a better option then rsync'ing?

2)  How can I verify if this drive is bootable?  If I loose the main drive - I
want to just swap the backup in and boot from it.  any clues here?

cheers,

Noah