Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2007 13:47:35 -0600 From: "illoai@gmail.com" <illoai@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Grant Peel <gpeel@thenetnow.com> Subject: Re: Cloning a disk -large to small Message-ID: <d7195cff0703041147w1e919598g150539ab63c64184@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20070304104410.V77306@wonkity.com> References: <005501c75e44$1107f630$6501a8c0@GRANT> <20070304104410.V77306@wonkity.com>
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On 04/03/07, Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> wrote: > On Sun, 4 Mar 2007, Grant Peel wrote: > > > I have been researching the use of 'dd' quite a bit lately as I have > > had to clone a newly setup server. > > dump/restore is generally a better solution for cloning drives. On > large drives, dd wastes a lot of time copying empty sectors. > Also, your disk label would be wrong, albeit correctable, though by that time, you may as well have just manually redone it. -- --
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