From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EAg3e-0003ED-0C for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 01 Sep 2005 03:48:10 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id j813h7AQ013450; Thu, 1 Sep 2005 03:43:07 GMT Received: from sccrmhc12.comcast.net (sccrmhc12.comcast.net [204.127.202.56]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j813h6vo001295 for ; Thu, 1 Sep 2005 03:43:07 GMT Received: from localhost.comcast.net (c-67-161-152-119.hsd1.co.comcast.net[67.161.152.119](misconfigured sender)) by comcast.net (sccrmhc12) with ESMTP id <20050901034528012002hhjve>; Thu, 1 Sep 2005 03:45:28 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost.comcast.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 38BC91B8BB for ; Wed, 31 Aug 2005 21:46:37 -0600 (MDT) To: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org Subject: [gentoo-amd64] Upgrading to Raid X-Mailer: MH-E 7.4.3; nmh 1.0.4; GNU Emacs 21.4.1 Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 21:46:37 -0600 From: scotthathcock@comcast.net Message-Id: <20050901034637.38BC91B8BB@localhost.comcast.net> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-amd64@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org X-Archives-Salt: 2c973b62-7a0c-4a5f-a813-22eef3e41b79 X-Archives-Hash: ddf8735158f71675c102bb6b92286fec I currently have an ASUS K8V Deluxe system with an 80GB SATA drive. It used to have a old 10GB PATA disk for M$ dual boot. That disk died and was interfering with boot, so it's in the trash. The dead disk reminded me of the pain I will suffer if I loose my linux system. Even with backups of my home dir, which I'm not as good about as I should be, a full fresh install would be a pain. Thus, I am considering Raid. Does anyone have experience with RAID on this Board? Is the Via or Promise controller better for this? Is there a good Howto on migrating from a non Raid disk to Raid? I recall seeing one but can't find it now. Am I wasting time and money? Should I just do a better job of backup? Is there a resource on what to backup to allow a fast regeneration (or duplication) of an existing gentoo system? Finally, thanks for the great distribution. I use a commercial distro at work and I am much happier with Gentoo. :) Scott -- gentoo-amd64@gentoo.org mailing list