raid-one

[Karl Larsen]

Tim wrote:
> On Thu, 2007-08-16 at 08:11 -0600, Karl Larsen wrote:
>   
>>     Hi Tim, I think you suffer from a fear of "fisk" :-)      Yes you
>> do need to be careful. Look at it this way:
>>     
>
> No, I don't.  Whatever "fisk" means...  ;-)
>
>   
>>     If your going to make a software raid-1 on Linux you must use a
>> root Terminal. A root Terminal is capable of deleting your entire
>> Linux! :-(
>>
>>     This paper is not for a person who has no knowledge of root and
>> what it can do. You need to know the basics. I will add a place where
>> they must show this basic knowledge or not try to do raid-1.
>>     
>
> Now you're going off on a tangent.  The only disclaimer needed, as
> already mentioned by us, is to point out changing drive structures is
> potentially destructive.  Make backups before altering a pre-existing
> system.
>
> What I see you doing, and everything you've said leads to this
> conclusion:  You're making the classic mistake of over-simplifying
> something to the point that you completely ignore necessary aspects.
>
>   
fisk=fdisk and I am at a point where I'm not sure what I am writing is 
not going to work with any but LWN mounted f7. I will learn soon what is 
going on. If this IS the case it must all be re-written. And it might 
not be worth the effort.



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	Karl F. Larsen, AKA K5DI
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