Wednesday, November 20, 2002|
One of my interests has been to construct a low-cost server with some nice failure protection, like RAID 1 mirroring. When we installed our Linux test server using the software RAID 1 support in RedHat 8, we mirrored our main boot disk, assuming that if /dev/hda1 (the boot volume) failed, md0 would continue chugging along with its mirror, /dev/hdc1. Not so. We tested this out by disconnecting hda drive and then rebooting - the system would not boot without the boot floopy. I have documented the process we used to resurrect the mirrored drive. The Grub boot utility does not support mirrored boot drives; however, not all is lost: Lilo does (apparently). More digging to do... 6:44:31 PM 
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I have been using LEAF Bering Linux distro for my firewall/bridge for a couple of months. Instead of taking the easy road and using a switch, I'm using the bridging capabilities of Linux to enable my workstations/server/cable modem to connect. (Yeah, I could have bought a $25 hub, but where's the fun in that? Plus, it's cheaper to buy the nics than buy a switch.) I just added a new workstation to the fray, so I had to update some of the modules to accomodate the new NIC. While browsing the docs on Bering, I noticed that Bering v1.0-stable has been released. I plan to test it out real soon... 5:52:19 PM
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