Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 3 Oct 2002 07:11:16 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 3 Oct 2002 07:11:16 -0400 Received: from 213-187-164-2.dd.nextgentel.com ([213.187.164.2]:60549 "EHLO mail.pronto.tv") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id convert rfc822-to-8bit; Thu, 3 Oct 2002 07:11:14 -0400 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII From: Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk Organization: ProntoTV AS To: jbradford@dial.pipex.com Subject: Re: RAID backup Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2002 13:26:47 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.4.1 Cc: jakob@unthought.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-raid@vger.kernel.org References: <200210031120.g93BKLqK000216@darkstar.example.net> In-Reply-To: <200210031120.g93BKLqK000216@darkstar.example.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Message-Id: <200210031326.47386.roy@karlsbakk.net> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 735 Lines: 21 On Thursday 03 October 2002 13:20, jbradford@dial.pipex.com wrote: > Might it not be a good idea to DD the raw contents of each disk to a tape > drive, just incase you fubar the array? It would be time consuming, but at > least you could restore your data in the event that it gets corrupted. er 16 120GB disks? -- Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk, Datavaktmester ProntoTV AS - http://www.pronto.tv/ Tel: +47 9801 3356 Computers are like air conditioners. They stop working when you open Windows. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/