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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 19:14:23
Message-Id: d596f602-3fe9-4f85-ac9a-7f42168d326b@email.android.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] duplicate HD drives by Alan McKinnon
1 On 13 September 2014 19:56:06 BST, Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com> wrote:
2 > On 13/09/2014 19:38, Neil Bothwick wrote:
3 > > On Fri, 12 Sep 2014 23:52:57 +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote:
4 > >
5 > >> If you remove the cunt argument as already mentioned, this will
6 > copy the
7 > >> whole drive, but it will be incredibly slow unless you add bs=4k.
8 > It
9 > >> also only copies it once, as soon as you start using sda, sdb will
10 > be
11 > >> out of date. Set up a RAID-1 array with the two drives, then
12 > install
13 > >> GRUB to the boot sector of each drive, using grub2-install and you
14 > will
15 > >> always be able to boot in the event of a failure of either drive.
16 > >>
17 > >>
18 > >> --
19 > >> Neil Bothwick
20 > >>
21 > >> Always proofread carefully to see if you any words out.
22 > >
23 > > Thank you everybody for not highlighting the irony of that
24 > tagline...
25 > >
26 > >
27 >
28 >
29 > I saw your typo, I missed the tagline :-)
30 >
31 > It's *freaky* how your fortunes so often match the post :-)
32 > How the blazes do you do that?
33 >
34 >
35 >
36 >
37 > --
38 > Alan McKinnon
39 > alan.mckinnon@×××××.com
40
41 USE=magic emerge signify
42
43 ;-)
44
45 --
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