Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:53:44 -0500 From: Xn Nooby <xnooby@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: What is the best way to image copy a FreeBSD system? Message-ID: <AANLkTinaPn50-vUigoj_d=optGqxj4NDFoN9=RvTxcpX@mail.gmail.com>
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On Linux I use clonezilla, which understands the EXT3 filesystem, and it can skip unused space (I'm using about 3GB out of 1TB). On FreeBSD, I have to fill the 1TB drive with zero-filled files, then delete them, on each partiton, since CloneZilla uses DD+gzip on the entire drive. I like to make image copies of new systems, so I can revert back to my starting point in case I break it, but CloneZilla is taking 9 hours to image the drive. I can re-install a lot faster than that. I normally store my image copies on a Samba share on another system, they are stored as files. I am not copying to another raw drive. Is there an image-copy backup program that understands the UFS file-system? Or perhaps there is a better solution on FreeBSD?
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