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Date:      Mon, 02 Mar 1998 17:33:01 -0800
From:      Studded <Studded@san.rr.com>
To:        David K Phinney <dphinney@dowco.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Redundant root/boot disk
Message-ID:  <34FB5DCD.DEA114@san.rr.com>
References:  <199803030107.RAA20176@lithium.dowco.com>

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David K Phinney wrote:

> I haven't built a special kernel for the second disk or anything, and
> was wondering if maybe the line `config kernel root on wd0a' in my
> kernel config might be causing a problem?

	*Bing Bing Bing*  We have a winner. :)
 
> Anyways, I guess I was wondering what `officially' I have to do to
> setup a second boot/root disk on a machine (what directories need
> to be copied, what kernel options need to be set?).

	It seems to me that you're well on your way. You'd have to make
arrangements to locally mount directories like /usr from the IDE drive,
but those details are trivial once you've got the basics down. I did
something similar when I moved my stuff from the old IDE drive to the
new SCSI drive. I can't give you a step by step because your goals are
different, but you are definitely on the right track. <Tack on
obligitory encouragement to read the man pages, do good backups, etc.
here.>

Good luck,

Doug

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