Date: Fri, 01 Oct 2004 10:26:14 -0700 From: Matt Staroscik <matt@wrongcrowd.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: How do you duplicate a drive? Message-ID: <6.1.2.0.2.20041001102302.0cd64560@wrongcrowd.com> In-Reply-To: <20041001171949.885F316A4F3@hub.freebsd.org> References: <20041001171949.885F316A4F3@hub.freebsd.org>
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I have a RAID mirror (2x 160GB) which I would like to back up onto a spare 160GB drive. I do not have a hot-swap caddy so I was planning on powering down the system to get the backup drive in and out. But once I have the new blank drive in, what is the best way to duplicate the RAID? Ideally I would like to create a disk that could boot the system (and rebuild the RAID) in case disaster strikes. Can dd do this? I am new to Unix disk operations... Many thanks in advance for the help.
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