From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Aug 30 06:13:27 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id GAA19574 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sun, 30 Aug 1998 06:13:27 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from myhakas.matti.ee (myhakas.matti.ee [194.126.98.150]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id GAA19569 for ; Sun, 30 Aug 1998 06:13:23 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from root@myhakas.matti.ee) Received: (from root@localhost) by myhakas.matti.ee (8.9.1/8.8.5) id QAA23982; Sun, 30 Aug 1998 16:12:13 +0300 (EEST) Message-ID: <19980830161213.44506@matti.ee> Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1998 16:12:13 +0300 From: Vallo Kallaste To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: duplicate hard drive Reply-To: vallo@matti.ee References: <19980829234414.64051@cpl.net> <199808300725.DAA29486@lucy.bedford.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89i In-Reply-To: <199808300725.DAA29486@lucy.bedford.net>; from CyberPeasant on Sun, Aug 30, 1998 at 03:25:56AM -0400 Organization: =?iso-8859-1?Q?AS_Matti_B=FCrootehnika?= Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG CyberPeasant wrote: > Shawn Ramsey wrote: > > > > I need to replace the boot drive on one of our servers... Is possible to > > > > easily make a duplicate copy(boot manager and all) ?? I recall this being > > > > discussed awhile back, but I dont remember the thread and can't seem to find > > > > it in the archives... > > mount wd1s1a /mnt > cd / > tar cplf - . | ( cd /mnt; tar xvpf - ) > umount /mnt *** I suggest dump and restore for this purpose. Tar is good for backing up files, but dump is right thing for filesystems. YMMV. Vallo Kallaste vallo@matti.ee To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message