Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2002 11:52:13 -0800 (PST) From: Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com> To: "Steve O'Hara-Smith" <steve@sohara.org> Cc: jackstone@sage-one.net, hogsett@csl.sri.com, darren780@yahoo.com, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: copy harddrive image Message-ID: <200210301952.g9UJqDl3017321@apollo.backplane.com> References: <200210292048.g9TKmG1J015723@axp.csl.sri.com> <3.0.5.32.20021029162139.010ec928@mail.sage-one.net> <200210292239.g9TMdO64011366@apollo.backplane.com> <20021030192629.7b099736.steve@sohara.org>
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: :On Tue, 29 Oct 2002 14:39:24 -0800 (PST) :Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com> wrote: : :MD> is absolutely correct. It is safest to run dd only on idle :MD> filesystems, leaving the source filesystems mounted and the : : Mounting the source read only would seem to be safer, or doesn't :a r/o mount block dd from writing ? : :-- :C:>WIN | Directable Mirrors A read-only mount does not block the dd from writing (else the system wouldn't be able to fsck /). -Matt Matthew Dillon <dillon@backplane.com> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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