Re: tlug: Re: root mirror (was: LILO Vs. 1024??)

[Scott Stone <sstone@example.com>]

On Wed, 7 Oct 1998, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:

> >>>>> "Rex" == Rex Walters <rex@example.com> writes:
> 
>     Rex> On Wed, Oct 07, 1998 at 12:39:34PM +0900, Stephen J. Turnbull
>     Rex> wrote:
>     >> Paranoid structure:
>     >> 
>     >> /dev/?da1  50 MB / 
>     >> /dev/?da2 128 MB <swap>
>     >> /dev/?da3  50 MB /.root_mirror
> 
>     Rex> I also recommend this, but I caution against the word
>     Rex> "mirror".  I prefer the word "clone" or "backup".  That is I
>     Rex> don't think you're really referring to raid1 mirroring, are
> 
> No, I'm not a physical FS kind of guy, I'm a logical FS (eg NFS, AFS,
> URL ;-) kind of guy.  I'm talking about the kind of mirror that the
> mirror script does.  I don't think of it as a "backup", because that
> implies to me offline/hard to access.  "Clone" would be OK.
> 
>     Rex> Out of curiosity, how are you populating the /.root_mirror
>     Rex> filesystem?
> 
> 1.  Insert distribution CD, install to /dev/hda1.
> 2.  When I feel like it, mount /dev/hda3, and do
> 
> 	      cp -options `find / -xdev` /.root_mirror/
> 
> or something like that.
> 
> I don't need to be _that_ paranoid.  "When I feel like it" = when
> /etc/passwd changes (very inconvenient for other users if I miss
> this), or when I install new packages.

Why not just install the 'mirror' package and have it FTP to localhost and
update everything every, say 12 hours?

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