Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2017 20:46:12 +0100 From: Matthias Apitz <guru@unixarea.de> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: bootable ext. USB SSD for backup Message-ID: <20170316194612.GA1748@c720-r314251>
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Hello, I have acquired a small and flat USB 3.0 external disk (must be SSD for the size of the case): Mar 16 19:36:54 c720-r314251 kernel: da0: <TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 5438> Fixed Direct Access SPC-4 SCSI device Mar 16 19:36:54 c720-r314251 kernel: da0: Serial Number 20170114010787F Mar 16 19:36:54 c720-r314251 kernel: da0: 40.000MB/s transfers Mar 16 19:36:54 c720-r314251 kernel: da0: 953869MB (1953525164 512 byte sectors) Mar 16 19:36:54 c720-r314251 kernel: da0: quirks=0x2<NO_6_BYTE> Ofc it has not the promised 1 TB volume, just only 953869 MB, i.e. only 1 Marketing-TB; I'm thinking in re-partitioning the disk (which is actual only one big NTFS slice) with gpart(8), install even a kernel into a small FS at the beginning and keep the rest as a big UFS for backups. Having it bootable with a system could be handy if one has to rescue a system and restore the last dunp. Any ideas/comments matthias -- Matthias Apitz, ✉ guru@unixarea.de, ⌂ http://www.unixarea.de/ ☎ +49-176-38902045
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