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From: Odhiambo Washington <vedette@iconnect.co.ke>
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Subject: Re: Disk Backup (Mirroring ?)
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Quoting Gabriel Ambuehl <gabriel_ambuehl@buz.ch>:
 [000831 18:35]: 
Gabriel Ambuehl>Hello David,
Gabriel Ambuehl>
Gabriel Ambuehl>Thursday, August 31, 2000, 4:58:49 PM, you wrote:
Gabriel Ambuehl>
Gabriel Ambuehl>> I'm looking for a solution  involving  dd , raw devices, pipes or
Gabriel Ambuehl>> redirects ,
Gabriel Ambuehl>> and maybe single user mode.

Just to add....vinum as they suggest will ONLY help you recover when a
disk fails....also think about a situation when you have a corrupted
'something' in there and you need to recover....and the corrupted data has
also been written to the mirror disk....!!! 
Think about proper backup.

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