Re: [tlug] auto-shutdown at certain temp, testing, and CF boot

[Edward Middleton <edward@example.com>]

Walter Hansen wrote:
> This may go without saying and may not be relevant here, but I feel it's 
> a good idea on a Raid 1 to mirror the boot partitions also. Also be sure 
> to test the boot partitions on each disk by turning off the computer and 
> disconnecting first one and then the other drive. You can always use a 
> boot disk, but the idea is to come up 100% when one of the drives fail. 
> I'm not sure how this applies to a Raid 5, but figured it was worth 
> mentioning.
>   

You should do the same with a raid 5, but I you will need to let it
rebuild in-between each drive removal.  The alternative to boot
partition mirroring is to use a compact flash IDE device to boot off. 
This can have the added advantage of hardware write protection.

Edward