Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2004 14:03:03 -0400 (EDT) From: "Steve Bertrand" <iaccounts@ibctech.ca> To: "Matt Staroscik" <matt@wrongcrowd.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How do you duplicate a drive? Message-ID: <3513.209.167.16.15.1096653783.squirrel@209.167.16.15> In-Reply-To: <6.1.2.0.2.20041001102302.0cd64560@wrongcrowd.com> References: <20041001171949.885F316A4F3@hub.freebsd.org> <6.1.2.0.2.20041001102302.0cd64560@wrongcrowd.com>
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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? # man rsync Steve > > I am new to Unix disk operations... Many thanks in advance for the > help. > > > _______________________________________________ > 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" >
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