From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 5 20:55:29 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 567D916A468 for ; Mon, 5 Nov 2007 20:55:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dominor@gmail.com) Received: from el-out-1112.google.com (el-out-1112.google.com [209.85.162.176]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E9A3813C4B3 for ; Mon, 5 Nov 2007 20:55:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dominor@gmail.com) Received: by el-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id s27so349327ele for ; Mon, 05 Nov 2007 12:55:17 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=JJkTkD4A0o3QiiXmyZDhPUfrgRtbId9IKrAwllRPdjo=; b=Zt/avS1BIHoVIXpCxG3zIIaXU2pAq+Tf5OWlWnyr80XVMvR8M0Mi7pcBP2TuCuCcnb7q+jQRYGKorq5AwkCja0S/vKvWwSFUY8k2OTpGDZPYM/ZEpig/lf/38RbkTj2XW27FQN19rsY9YmSFMdexWO916+e5i/fs8TcnAIs8SO8= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=WStpX7eQr7K1R79ZaW6g1cgGNfSfqqgGWjGOVhgIbaC/cASi3JWJb0we55g6GVqcZzY7FYn9UEFq5zI/zqCNDTE3mP/3l6wVnPXCpDb+ulXb0AI60GQC1LIrwrko54ZpsxZFYKI36W0YVxMVbakDCiOz2KetO5RUKKJ2lpnbiKw= Received: by 10.142.241.10 with SMTP id o10mr1278330wfh.1194296116661; Mon, 05 Nov 2007 12:55:16 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.142.213.2 with HTTP; Mon, 5 Nov 2007 12:55:16 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <105fa37b0711051255t10d37db6rea46392e62ffb354@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2007 15:55:16 -0500 From: "Hakan K" To: "Derek Ragona" In-Reply-To: <6.0.0.22.2.20071105144706.02475a70@mail.computinginnovations.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <472F74A9.9090400@calarts.edu> <6.0.0.22.2.20071105144706.02475a70@mail.computinginnovations.com> Cc: Sean Murphy , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Help Failing Disk Problem X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 05 Nov 2007 20:55:29 -0000 Try to connect the bad one as a secondary HD to get the data if u can not clone it.. Thanks Hakan http://dominor.com On Nov 5, 2007 3:50 PM, Derek Ragona wrote: > At 01:53 PM 11/5/2007, Sean Murphy wrote: > >I have a FreeBSD 6.2 Release box with a single ide that has user data and > >the FreeBSD OS on a hard disk that is failing. I need advice on the best > >way to clone the entire disk (or at least the data) onto a larger ide disk > >drive, then pull the failing disk and replace it with the clone. What is > >the best way in FreeBSD to do that? > > > >Thanks > > If you buy a new disk most disk manufacturer's have cloning > software. However if you are having media failure errors it can be > difficult to get the data off. You may be able to just get the data you > need off this disk by copying to a new disk, or top tape, or a usb > disk. If you know what data you need like: /etc /usr/local/etc > /usr/local/data you may be better to just copy those trees off. > > -Derek > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support. > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >