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From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] duplicate HD drives
Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2014 17:39:04
Message-Id: 20140913183836.2b8f92b5@hactar.digimed.co.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] duplicate HD drives by Neil Bothwick
1 On Fri, 12 Sep 2014 23:52:57 +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote:
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3 > If you remove the cunt argument as already mentioned, this will copy the
4 > whole drive, but it will be incredibly slow unless you add bs=4k. It
5 > also only copies it once, as soon as you start using sda, sdb will be
6 > out of date. Set up a RAID-1 array with the two drives, then install
7 > GRUB to the boot sector of each drive, using grub2-install and you will
8 > always be able to boot in the event of a failure of either drive.
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12 > Neil Bothwick
13 >
14 > Always proofread carefully to see if you any words out.
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16 Thank you everybody for not highlighting the irony of that tagline...
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20 Neil Bothwick
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22 "Time is the best teacher....., unfortunately it kills all the students"

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Re: [gentoo-user] duplicate HD drives Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>