Hi all,
I previously used to command:
dd if=/dev/hda1 of=/mnt/hdb1/safecopy
It finishes successfully so I assume I have a backup of my /dev/hda1
partition.
Using the following line:
ls /mnt/hdb1
and I see the file safecopy.
My question:
If hda crashes, do I merely replace the hdd, configure the drive similar the
crashed drive and issue something like:
dd if=/mnt//hdb1/safecopy of=/dev/hda1
to restore?
Am I better off having a duplicate copy of hda1 e.g.
dd if=/dev/hda1 of=/dev/hdb1
Then if I have a hda crash, I plug in hdb as hda and install a new hdd as
hdb and just make a copy of it again.
I googled, and although there is a lot of material regarding the above, I
cannot seem to find a straight forward answer.
Any answers appreciated.
Regards
Leigh
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