Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 15:24:58 -0500 From: "Jonathan E. Lyons" <parrothd@midwest.net> To: "Jason J. Horton" <jason@intercom.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: duplicating a bad HDD Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.19990830152458.0080a430@midwest.net> In-Reply-To: <37CAE487.F5B2629C@intercom.com>
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Use ghost.exe from norton, it will make an exact copy of your current drive, we use it all the time for upgrading/coping drives. Works great for drives the same size or large, but won't allow you to resize a UNIX partitions, only FAT. Not sure on the dd... :) At 04:07 PM 8/30/99 -0400, Jason J. Horton wrote: >I have a machine that has a bad IDE HDD. Fortunately, the IDE feature SMART >realized this. >It is currently my boot drive. What I would like to to is back it up and >restore it onto >a new drive. How can I make an exact copy, including boot blocks and >everything? I am assuming >using dd, but can anyone give me an example? Jonathan E. Lyons parrothd@midwest.net Nucleus Consulting ICQ # 14226912 www.nucleusconsulting.com Cell # 773-251-1967 A+, MCSE, CCNA, FreeBSD! Pager # 7732511967@mobile.att.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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