Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1998 23:44:14 -0700 From: Shawn Ramsey <shawn@cpl.net> To: Neil Blakey-Milner <nbm@rucus.ru.ac.za>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: duplicate hard drive Message-ID: <19980829234414.64051@cpl.net> In-Reply-To: <19980830073950.A14260@rucus.ru.ac.za>; from Neil Blakey-Milner on Sun, Aug 30, 1998 at 07:39:50AM %2B0200 References: <19980829221948.44568@cpl.net> <19980830073950.A14260@rucus.ru.ac.za>
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> > I need to replace the boot drive on one of our servers... Is possible to > > easily make a duplicate copy(boot manager and all) ?? I recall this being > > discussed awhile back, but I dont remember the thread and can't seem to find > > it in the archives... > > If they're _exactly_ the same drives, you can use dd. > > dd if=/dev/wd0 of=/dev/wd1 (from wd0 to wd1) > > You can set a blocksize too, but dd usually chooses a considerate setting. > > Rather don't do this while either drive is mounted, which means doing it from > a floppy install, probably, else putting both drives in another machine. > > If they're not the same drives, there are other ways of doing things, which > other people will be able to explain better than I. They are not the same drive... the old is a 545m, and the new is about 2 gig. Would love to hear any ideas, as i'd rather avoid having to reinstall... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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