Re: cloning a drive with dd

[Wouter Klouwen <dublet%acm.org@localhost>]

Al - image hosting services(azick%zickswebventures.com@localhost) said 
2008.06.24 07:10:02 +0000:
> I am setting up a server for a local Habitat for Humanity. The server has
> 2 drives and I was going to use the second drive as a backup. Then I got
> an idea, why not build the kernel with root on wd0a and clone the drive?
> If the first drive was to fail, then the second drive should work as a
> stand alone. 

Why not make it into a RAID 1?
http://www.netbsd.org/docs/guide/en/chap-rf.html#chap-rf-ex-raid1root

That way if either fails, you can just replace it.

> Al
        --Wouter