[mythtv-users] Consequences of drive failure

Simon Hobson linux at thehobsons.co.uk
Wed Dec 5 12:55:25 UTC 2012


Mike Perkins wrote:
>My plan is this:
>
>Remove good old drive, mount with new drive in spare host. Rsync files across. 
>Put new drive into MBE slot where good drive was. (Er, fix fstab for new UUIID.)
>
>Remove bad old drive, mount into spare host alongside good old drive (same 
>geometry). Use dd_rescue to bit-copy from bad to good. When happy with result 
>remove bad old drive.
>
>Put remaining new drive in spare host, rsync from good old drive to new drive. 
>Remove new drive and put into MBE.

Sounds like a good plan to me.

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