> From: Steven Jones [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > If you lose the first disk the machine's bios wont pick the second disk, > so the machine will not be bootable anyway.
That's why I said "re-plug the cable" in the original post :-). It is certainly something to keep in mind, that's why I want to make sure I have it set up properly so I can fall back to one disk in case the other one dies. > It will probably stay up provided the disks are on sepearate > channels, if they are on the same one there is a good chance when > one disk dies it will lock out the ide channel it is on and hence > take out the second disk. They won't be on the same channel. Reference IDE Configuration here http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Software-RAID-HOWTO-4.html Thanks, Jason -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
