On Thu, 2003-11-06 at 16:20, David Palmer. wrote: > On Thu, 06 Nov 2003 15:38:06 -0600 > Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Thu, 2003-11-06 at 15:24, David Palmer. wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > > > I've been reading different partitioning howtos but can't find any > > > reference to a situation I thought I would like to install. > > > It's probably a newbie idea, but I wondered if it would be possible > > > to have system partitions on one drive, and posting to /home on > > > another. If it is possible, does anybody have a reference they could > > > point me to? > > > > Sure, why not? > > > I'm aware that there is a standard cross balance/reference configuration > from server box to server box to copy information from one to the other > in case of server failure. Is it possible to employ the same or similar > mechanism to copy from drive to drive within the PC environment, or is > this only possible by way of a periodic backup procedure, perhaps > through cron, anacron, or another utility? > I'm looking at maintaining a copy of the /home drive in the above > configuration in the case of drive failure. I can always boot into > system partitions with a rescue disc, but I want to be able to preserve > the info on /home.
I think I'd do nightly rsync's or tars. Directing it to an external firewire disk that you can umount and take with you would be great. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jefferson, LA USA LUKE: Is Perl better than Python? YODA: No... no... no. Quicker, easier, more seductive. LUKE: But how will I know why Python is better than Perl? YODA: You will know. When your code you try to read six months from now. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]