RE: [Sheflug] aargh, disk crash

[Barrie Bremner <xxxxx [at] xxxxxxxxxx>]

Matt wrote:

>yes, badblocks tells me I've about 10 bad blocks.  I'll need an hdd
>while the knackered one is out for replacement anyway; and then I'll
>want to keep it for backups (I've not been burned so badly yet, but I
>could have lost more and still could) since I need a quick and simple
>way of making incremental backups [presumably some cron scripts using
>find etc. would be enough for that?]

Try rsync an job - it can be run from one disk to another, not just across 
hosts.

>would a block size of 1k be sensible?  and is it relatively simple to
>fit an internal hdd (I assume that it is a matter of a screwdriver and
>plugging in some connectors)?

Dunno about the block size - just stick to defaults, I'm not doing anything so 
fancy that I have to tweak it that much.

Yes - fitting a harddrive is a 5 minute jon at the most. Check the jumper 
settings, plug the interface cable in and stick in the power cable.
You might need to mess about in BIOS to get it to recognise the new drive - 
it's also fairly easy.

After that, fdisk, mkreiserfs/mk22fs and mount the drive.

Cheers.

Baz.

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