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From: Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] duplicate HD drives
Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2014 18:57:28
Message-Id: 54149346.6010208@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] duplicate HD drives by Neil Bothwick
1 On 13/09/2014 19:38, Neil Bothwick wrote:
2 > On Fri, 12 Sep 2014 23:52:57 +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote:
3 >
4 >> If you remove the cunt argument as already mentioned, this will copy the
5 >> whole drive, but it will be incredibly slow unless you add bs=4k. It
6 >> also only copies it once, as soon as you start using sda, sdb will be
7 >> out of date. Set up a RAID-1 array with the two drives, then install
8 >> GRUB to the boot sector of each drive, using grub2-install and you will
9 >> always be able to boot in the event of a failure of either drive.
10 >>
11 >>
12 >> --
13 >> Neil Bothwick
14 >>
15 >> Always proofread carefully to see if you any words out.
16 >
17 > Thank you everybody for not highlighting the irony of that tagline...
18 >
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22 I saw your typo, I missed the tagline :-)
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24 It's *freaky* how your fortunes so often match the post :-)
25 How the blazes do you do that?
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31 Alan McKinnon
32 alan.mckinnon@×××××.com

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Re: [gentoo-user] duplicate HD drives Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
Re: [gentoo-user] duplicate HD drives Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>