Re: [Nolug] Backing up linux

From: Joey Kelly <joey_at_joeykelly.net>
Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2008 15:00:23 -0600
Message-Id: <200802151500.30206.joey@joeykelly.net>

On Friday 15 February 2008 02:49:25 pm Petri Laihonen wrote:
> > Software RAID works really well and removes the possibility of broken
> > hardware.
> >
> > But, yes, do use RAID of some sort.
>
> I've never used Software RAID in the corporate environment, but do use
> SW RAID5 at home..... works very well.
> However, I have recently started wondering about how would I
> successfully move that raid stack to another computer, with more recent
> OS. Current one is running Fedora 4. The new one could still stay in Fedora
> realm, but probably would be one of the debian derivatives....
>
> Without having done any excessive research on this, I would assume some
> of the "md" files need to be copied over with the actual drives....

If you're scared like me, put up the new box, get it working like you want,
then copy the data over manually.

-- 
Joey Kelly
< Minister of the Gospel | Linux Consultant >
http://joeykelly.net

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