From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jun 27 12:55:31 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from ei.bzerk.org (ei.xs4all.nl [213.84.67.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 36B5037B408 for ; Thu, 27 Jun 2002 12:55:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ei.bzerk.org (BOFH@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ei.bzerk.org (8.12.3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id g5RJtWZj075892; Thu, 27 Jun 2002 21:55:32 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from stable@ei.bzerk.org) Received: (from stable@localhost) by ei.bzerk.org (8.12.3/8.12.3/Submit) id g5RJtW4T075891; Thu, 27 Jun 2002 21:55:32 +0200 (CEST) Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2002 21:55:32 +0200 From: Ruben de Groot To: "Jack L. Stone" Cc: "Henning, Brian" , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: image bsd Message-ID: <20020627215532.A75679@ei.bzerk.org> References: <3.0.5.32.20020627114727.0117cc50@mail.sage-one.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.20020627114727.0117cc50@mail.sage-one.net>; from jackstone@sage-one.net on Thu, Jun 27, 2002 at 11:47:27AM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, Jun 27, 2002 at 11:47:27AM -0500, Jack L. Stone typed: > At 10:57 AM 6.27.2002 -0500, Henning, Brian wrote: > >Hello, > >I am interested in imaging my system. I have used ghost before but, it > >doen't recognize the ufs and doesn't seem like a good solution. I don't like > >it because of that. Is there a better way to image a bsd system. As my > >partitions get bigger it becomes more difficult. What do typical bsd users > >do? > >Thanks, > >brian > > > For an image, use # dd > See man DD(1) Or dump(8) and restore(8). This will only copy blocks that are actually used (much like ghost). It's the native backup tool for FreeBSD. > > Best regards, > Jack L. Stone, > Administrator > > SageOne Net > http://www.sage-one.net > jackstone@sage-one.net > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message