Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 09:00:28 +1000 (EST) From: Andrew MacIntyre <andymac@bullseye.apana.org.au> To: Andriss <andriss@andriss.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Vinum Concerns (was: SCSI drive mirroring question) Message-ID: <Pine.OS2.3.95.990915085553.830A-100000@CENTRAL> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9909141140250.88361-100000@netmint.com>
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On Tue, 14 Sep 1999, Andriss wrote: > I thought there would be a simple utility (part of freebsd) that > could just copy da0 to da1 (with all slices and boot info) but > guess not... dd could be used for this, provided that the mirror disk was identical in size/geometry to the source disk. It could be bigger, or have a different geometry, but how usable the mirror disk would be in an emergency I don't know. watch out for the effects of open files though. -- Andrew I MacIntyre "These thoughts are mine alone..." E-mail: andrew.macintyre@aba.gov.au (work) | Snail: PO Box 370 andymac@bullseye.apana.org.au (play) | Belconnen ACT 2616 Fido: Andrew MacIntyre, 3:620/243.18 | Australia To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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