In my recent thread, ubuntu questions, I discussed the problems with software RAID on ubuntu.
I'm still interested in using ubuntu for my office desktop system. I back up important data every night to a hard drive connected via usb. It's got it's own separate power supply; I mount it, back up to it, and unmount it. So maybe I don't even need software RAID. In which case I've got two 500GB drives to use. (They're brand new drives, Samsung HD502IJ) How about creating a logical volume with LVM, and using the entire TB? Safe? How about using the second drive as just a second storage drive? How about using it as in-the-system backup, but only mounting it when I'm actually doing the backup and then unmounting it? Safe vs unsafe compared to what I do now (software RAID, nightly backups)? 500GB is really enough space for me; on my current system, used since Mandriva LE 2005 came out, I've only used 57G of space. Jeff -- Jeff Lasman, Nobaloney Internet Services P.O. Box 52200, Riverside, CA 92517 Our jplists address used on lists is for list email only voice: +1 951 643-5345, or see: "http://www.nobaloney.net/contactus.html";
