Re: [cobalt-developers] Second Drive Backup

[tscanlan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]

I've done things very similar.  If you pop in the second drive you can
cron either a "dd" or a "find / | cpio -pdumv /mnt/otherdrive".  If you
have console access to the machine it is a simple matter to add another
boot partition to lilo thus allowing you to boot to the last known
good image.  I'm not sure how to get around the problem of choosing which
hard drive to boot from without console access.  Also, I'm not sure about
adding the command to the cobalt interface.

Note that if you use dd, sync the drive a few times before doing the dd.
Also, you may want to schedule the sync/dd to runs at a time when you
think the box will have light load of users.  

Hope it helps a bit, 
Tom Scanlan
openreach.com

 On Fri, 26 May 2000, Lennie Core wrote:

> Hopefully I am trying something new and possible..
> 
> We are installing a second drive in my Raq3 and intend to use it
> to be our back up.
> 
> Input will be appreciated.
> In contacting Cobalt, the rep said the Raq3 will accept this and that 
> it is an interesting approach.
> 
> Now the questions:
> 1. Would it be possible to just give the second drive it's own IP 
> address and perform back up's via the back up users menu on the 
> box?
> 
> If anyone knows a way to accomplish this once the drive is 
> installed it would be mucho appreciated..  It sould be nice to setup 
> a cron job to take care of this every night, then in event of failure, 
> simply switch the drives and we are back on the air. Or to atleast 
> replace the home drive and copy all of the files, sites and such to 
> the home drive.  We are looking for a solution vice the high cost of 
> scsi tape back up's and also the additional monthly payments of 
> a network backup.
> 
> Input welcome :)
> 
> Lennie Core
> 
> 
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