Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2005 11:27:36 +1000 From: Norberto Meijome <freebsd@meijome.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: system cloning Message-ID: <42AA3E08.4070400@meijome.net> In-Reply-To: <20050610140427.H22656@wolf.pjkh.com> References: <20050610142559.S78603@mail.goinet.com> <20050610140427.H22656@wolf.pjkh.com>
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Philip Hallstrom wrote: > > Not that I do this a lot, but I think you'll run into problems using > tar, cp, and rsync when it comes to various special files or files with > holes in them (sparse files). rsync should work just fine in archive mode (not sure what u mean by sparse files though) rsync -a >I've always read that dump/restore is the > safest way to do something like this. agreed - should be part of your daily chores anyway (dump I mean) ;) Cheers, Beto
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