Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1998 16:12:13 +0300 From: Vallo Kallaste <vallo@matti.ee> To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: duplicate hard drive Message-ID: <19980830161213.44506@matti.ee> In-Reply-To: <199808300725.DAA29486@lucy.bedford.net>; from CyberPeasant on Sun, Aug 30, 1998 at 03:25:56AM -0400 References: <19980829234414.64051@cpl.net> <199808300725.DAA29486@lucy.bedford.net>
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CyberPeasant <djv@bedford.net> wrote: > Shawn Ramsey wrote: > > > > I need to replace the boot drive on one of our servers... Is possible to > > > > easily make a duplicate copy(boot manager and all) ?? I recall this being > > > > discussed awhile back, but I dont remember the thread and can't seem to find > > > > it in the archives... > > mount wd1s1a /mnt > cd / > tar cplf - . | ( cd /mnt; tar xvpf - ) > umount /mnt *** I suggest dump and restore for this purpose. Tar is good for backing up files, but dump is right thing for filesystems. YMMV. Vallo Kallaste vallo@matti.ee To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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