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Date:      Wed, 15 Dec 2010 18:57:33 +0100
From:      bsd <bsd@todoo.biz>
To:        Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>
Cc:        Liste FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Creating clone of a HDD including boot partition
Message-ID:  <391E3F03-4064-40FB-850E-C852C10D789A@todoo.biz>
In-Reply-To: <xeiaei9j3uq5.fsf@kobe.laptop>
References:  <201012150800.oBF80FRf015357@mail.r-bonomi.com> <58F35D2B-19D0-4FE0-A4DA-03FDA8128BD2@todoo.biz> <xeiaei9j3uq5.fsf@kobe.laptop>

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Just to be precise, I am not trying to do an ISO image of a running root =
FS, but of a USB attached disk. =20

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Le 15 d=E9c. 2010 =E0 16:45, Giorgos Keramidas a =E9crit :

> On Wed, 15 Dec 2010 16:11:45 +0100, bsd <bsd@todoo.biz> wrote:
>> Is there a way to dd to a file to create an iso image and then =
restore
>> (still using dd from this image).  I only have one IDE <--> USB cable
>> so this is the reason why It'd more simple for me to create an iso
>> image of the disk and then restore.
>>=20
>> Using dump won't be very useful because I won't be able to get the
>> first 63 segments where boot info are written, I need something of
>> lower level (obviously dd will be my friend).
>>=20
>> Thanks everyone. I'll try to post the line code once I got It up and
>> running.
>=20
> No dd(1) cannot do that.
>=20
> What you _can_ do is boot into single-user mode, and then use mkisofs
> with burncd or growisofs from dvd+rw-tools to burn an image while =
still
> in single-user mode.  The only user mode process is your root shell at
> that point, so you can be relatively sure there are no major changes
> happening somewhere at the filesystem while you are still dumping it =
to
> a CD-ROM or DVD-ROM disk.
>=20
>=20


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