Date: Sat, 7 Jun 2003 20:55:53 +0100 From: Jez Hancock <jez.hancock@munk.nu> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Disk copy -- WAS: Re: Can you copy freebsd from one of mypresent machine and load itto a new Message-ID: <20030607195553.GB39573@users.munk.nu> In-Reply-To: <MIEPLLIBMLEEABPDBIEGAEMKDOAA.FBSD_User@a1poweruser.com> References: <MIEPLLIBMLEEABPDBIEGAEMKDOAA.FBSD_User@a1poweruser.com>
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Not sure what happened to the original poster here... Anyway I was just thinking there's the system util 'pax' which is very good for copying filesystems (handles permissions, symlinks, irregular files quite well). There's a few lines on it in one of the FreeBSD articles I think... mmm ok it's quite a small section - 4.2 in this article: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/formatting-media/x211.html The text is here: > 4.2 Copying the Contents of Disks > Submitted By: Renaud Waldura (<renaud@softway.com>) > > To move file from your original base disk to the fresh new one, do: > > # mount /dev/ad2 /mnt > # pax -r -w -p e /usr/home /mnt > # umount /mnt > # rm -rf /usr/home/* > # mount /dev/ad2 /usr/home I've used pax in the past to migrate filesystems with success. Jez
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