At 15:27 2-8-2002 +1000, Grant Fraser wrote:
Here's the deal.. we have a Dell 2560 server running RedHat 7.3
2-4-18-4SGI_XFS_1.1. Works great however we want to do something different.
We need the partitions on the system disk to be XFS so we can use xfsdump and
xfsrestore to continuely mirror the disk.
? If you need backup there is something called software raid 1. What
special functionality of XFS do you need? Is it the ACLs or Extended
Attributes?
xfsdump and xfsrestore are not ment to be a online backup tool that will
give you two identical drives. If that is what you are trying to create.
I've followed all the instructions re copying the ext3 disk to an xfs
partitioned drive and all looks ok.
Ah you didn't install the box using the 7.3 installer?
How do I change GRUB to boot off the new drive after I change the BIOS? It
seems to work at the moment but just before its due to start RedHat proper it
goes looking for an ext3 filesystem to boot root off. Of course there isn't
one (they're all xfs).
I am not familiar with grub so I can't help you.
Do I need a bootable CD with the right kernels on it? There is an RH7.2 disk
on the site but it doesn't support the fibre channel we are running.
There also is a Red Hat 7.3 XFS installer disk on the site.
Eric do we have a installer iso available that has the .xdelta file included?
Please note that I am using two seperate drives and changing the boot disk in
BIOS.
I understand that.
Cheers
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Seth
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