Re: How do you duplicate a drive?
From: Remko Lodder (remko_at_elvandar.org)
Date: 10/01/04
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Date: Fri, 01 Oct 2004 20:32:27 +0200 To: Matt Staroscik <matt@wrongcrowd.com>
Matt Staroscik wrote:
>
> I have a RAID mirror (2x 160GB) which I would like to back up onto a
> spare 160GB drive.
>
> I do not have a hot-swap caddy so I was planning on powering down the
> system to get the backup drive in and out.
>
> But once I have the new blank drive in, what is the best way to
> duplicate the RAID? Ideally I would like to create a disk that could
> boot the system (and rebuild the RAID) in case disaster strikes.
>
> Can dd do this?
>
> I am new to Unix disk operations... Many thanks in advance for the help.
>
I think that dd if=/dev/<raiddisk> of=/dev/<newdisk> would work in
duplicating the entire raid disk. I don't know if there are better ways,
so if someone knows them, we would like to know ;)
Cheers!
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