Date: Tue, 10 Oct 1995 11:09:21 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: cracauer@wavehh.hanse.de Cc: itemple@elysium.CLare.tased.EDU.AU, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Hard disk copying Message-ID: <199510101809.LAA10683@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <9510101239.AA14874@wavehh.hanse.de> from "Martin Cracauer" at Oct 10, 95 01:39:16 pm
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> newfs /dev/target_partition > #mount it > cd /mount_of_new_filefilesystem > dump 0sf 400000 - /usr_or_whatever | restore rf - > > Of course, this is on per-partition, not per-disk base, but has the > advantage that it works for different-sized partitions. It also works while mounted. The previous suggestion would have left the copy of the drive in an inconsistant state if it were mounted. Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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