> One last (hopefully) question: if the "a" drive craps out, can I just put
> this other drive as the primary on the primary cable, boot up and run?? Any
> problem areas? Since it is a mirror, I assume it should think it is the
> primary anyway? Any problems you see using this as an inexpensive backup
> (to a total crash) solution?
>
You should be able to power down, move the ide cable to the primary ide
controller and power back up.
Once you complete the mirror, try it so that you will have confidence in
it.
I would suggest using rsync to maintain the mirror though.
Gerald