># Would this be worthwhile? How hard is it to set up a software raid? >what do I do? does it matter that i want the whole OS as well as the >data storage mirrored? > >Fairly easy. Read the appropriate HOWTOs are http://www.linuxdoc.org > >Dave > OK.. thanks for pointing me there.
so on a debian potata box would i need to recompile the kernel? or could i #apt-get install kernel-patch-2.2.10-raid #apt-get install raidtools2 and then use the raidtools? www.debian.org package lists makes no use of RAID1 which is the level i'd want to go for...