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"Noah" <admin2@enabled.com> writes:

> 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?

That depends on your goals in this backup.  If fast recovery from a
drive loss is your only criterion, RAID would be better, but swapping
it into a completely different machine might be harder.  And neither
one protects you from losing the whole machine, of course.

> 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?

Nothing you can check "live" will be nearly as certain as trying it.