Dan Smisko wrote:
> Yes, only the backup data (pool, cpool, etc) was on the dead drive.  The 
> config is in /etc/BackupPC.
> I guess I will try to re-create the backup directories and try another 
> backup.
>
> Certainly a RAID is worth considering, but the next question is what to 
> put on a RAID drive.
> A dead root drive would not be much fun either.  My preference would be 
> software RAID
> for portability, but I don't know about performance.  Does software RAID 
> work on a Linux
> root drive?
>   

Sure.  You can put /boot on a RAID1 and use any layer of software RAID 
for the rest.

> Thanks again for your help.
>
> Dan Smisko
>   

Chris


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