On 9/29/07, Arnau Bria <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > My system runs on several ext3 partitions. Last times I restart it, it > has fs errors, so I have to fsck it. > Now, I have a new disk and I want to set a RAID1, but first, I'm > wondering what to do to save my fs consistency. So, I want to copy data > from old disk to new disk, but I'm not sure if I must do a cp -a or a > dd. I mean, if I do a cp -a my new disk will have a new journaling, and > if I do a dd, new disk will have same. Am I right? What do you > recommend? > > And, following with this, any guide to configure a RAID1 with a system > already installed? > > TIA, > Arnau > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > Is it software or hardware RAID 1? Hardware RAID 1 is easy, at least for a motherboard I used that had a Silicon Image chipset. I just told it to build a RAID 1 mirror with the two disks, it created an exact copy then and there of the original. From then on in wrote to the 2nd drive whenever it wrote to the 1st one.
-- - Mark Shields
