Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2003 18:07:02 -0800 From: Michael DeMan <michael@staff.openaccess.org> To: Shaun Dwyer <shaun@crystal.com.au>, Adrian Gonzalez <adrianbsd@globalpc.net>, <freebsd-isp@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Symantec Ghost-like app for UFS? Message-ID: <BA7826C6.2DE6E%michael@staff.openaccess.org> In-Reply-To: <3E52E523.5010606@crystal.com.au>
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We've used rsync in a similar fashion... rsync -v -rlpogDt --exclude=/mnt /* /mnt On 2/18/03 6:00 PM, "Shaun Dwyer" <shaun@crystal.com.au> wrote: > I did this recently on one of my machines using tar... > > the procedure is: > > do minimal install on new disk for the purposes of creating partitions > and installing the bootloader etc, > > boot off old disk in single user mode, mount new drive and then use tar > to the following... > for example, to do /usr, > > cd /usr > tar cvf - --one-file-system * | tar xf - -C /mnt/new_usr > > --one-file-system stops tar from crossing mount points, so this will work for > the root partition too :) > > This is the way to do it if you are moving to a different sized disk and want > to change the paritition sizes. > > If you want to 'clone' a stack of machines, you can build one up as you want > it, > and then just use dd in a 3rd machine.. ie, boot off disk 0, clone disk 1 to > disk 2. > > dd if=/dev/rad1 of=/dev/rad2 > > You may find that specifying a block size (eg bs=1m) helps to increase speed. > systat -vmstat will show you how many MB/sec the disks are doing. > > --Shaun > > Adrian Gonzalez wrote: >> >> Is there anything out there that resembles Symantec Ghost but works with >> FreeBSD partitions? >> >> Basically I want to be able to transfer a FreeBSD installation from an >> old hard drive to a new one without having to reinstall, reconfigure, etc. >> >> Thanks >> >> -Adrian >> >> >> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >> with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message >> > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message > Michael F. DeMan Director of Technology OpenAccess Internet Services 1305 11th St., 3rd Floor Bellingham, WA 98225 Tel 360-647-0785 x204 Fax 360-738-9785 michael@staff.openaccess.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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