Backup of hd using DD.
Hello list. I had an idea about using a tool similar to dd(1) take backup's of entire disks. Here's my situation: My father has an old PII running Win98 (Don't ask don't tell... he's using very old financial software ;). Needless to say the thing keeps getting borked and reinstall of his entire setup is quite frustrating. Now I was wondering if I could simply set the thing up with all the programs that he needs + drivers + anti viral c but minus the financial software ofcourse and the rip the disk out of the machine put in my workstation make an image of it and keep it safe and when the machine goes borked I could simply rip the disk out again put it in my machine and dd the image back onto the disk and restoring the good-image setup (then I would restore his financial stuff with the most recent backup (wich he keeps on a zip disk). Now my questions are: 1) When I dd the image back onto the disk: What about the 'free' hd space ? What about the bootloader for Win98 ? The registry c ... ? 2) How do I make an image of the entire disk using dd(1) ? Or should I use some other software ? Forgive me if this is asked answered or if I could have found this using google (so far nothing of use has showed up in my querys.). A pointer in the right direction would be greatly appricated. -- Thordur I. [EMAIL PROTECTED] FreeBSD - Unix the way *I* like it. A man can do as he will, but not will as he will. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Software or hardware RAID1. (gstripe)
Subhro wrote: On Sat, 28 Aug 2004 20:39:36 +, Thordur I. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think I will go for a hardware raid controler (RAID5 sounds good, but my budget doesn´t really allow me to buy 2x new disks ;). Well, I would say... postpond your RAID for a few weeks and gather the money to buy the disks. On a mission critical system, a RAID -5 is really worth in both stability, performance and fault tolerance. Btw. What hardware raid controlers (sata) do you listmembers recommend ? There are very few things which really dont work under FreeBSD. Just some work out of the box and some needs a little attention like a misbehaved kid. The fact is, the more bucks you throw in, the better facilities u get. I have read some positive things about the 3ware 9xxx and 8xxx series (a thread on -stable) Yeh, they work almost out of the box without any requirement for tweaking. Actually, my situation is not mission-critcal, still in a way it is. I have decided to go for a RAID5 controler (3ware 9) and simple wait a few weeks until I have gatherd the funds :) When you say almost out of the box what do you mean ? I think I´m right when I say that there are drivers ready for the 3ware cards so I do not see why there are any proplems besides overstepping the learning curve. Anyway I think you and the other listmembers again for there input. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Software or hardware RAID1. (gstripe)
First to thank for the replys. They have been very helpful. Second, s/gstripe/gmirror I was reading the gstripe man page just minutes before I wrote the email ;) I think I will go for a hardware raid controler (RAID5 sounds good, but my budget doesn´t really allow me to buy 2x new disks ;). Btw. What hardware raid controlers (sata) do you listmembers recommend ? I have read some positive things about the 3ware 9xxx and 8xxx series (a thread on -stable) I think I will go for that one. Any comments on the command-to-stuff thing wich the 3ware card have (what is it called ?) Anyhow, this has been very helpful I wish to thank you again. With kind regards, Thordur I. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Software or hardware RAID1. (gstripe)
I´m currently trying to decide upon a sultion on how to go about keepin my data safe. Now, a RAID1 setup sounds good in this position. But I can´t seem to find an answer to one question. Let´s say that I have 2x 120Gb (ad1 and ad2) disk. I stripe them wich should give something like /dev/stripe/foo (either with gstripe or a hardware raid controler.) Now I fill this striped volume with data, and ad1 dies. What happen´s ? Does gstripe alert my that ad1 has died and will I still be able to access /dev/stripe/foo ? And when I shut the box down, remove ad1 and insert another (identical disk) to restore the stripe, what then ? (assume the same bus ofcourse) I have tryed to google this up but to no avail. Any help is well appriceated. With kind regards, Thordur I. PS: CC my for I´m not on the list. (Btw, do list members consider this a bother for if so I would just subscripe to the list (currently though I´m supscried to what I think are to many lists :)) ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
