From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 5 20:20:33 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AE0C916A478 for ; Mon, 5 Nov 2007 20:20:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jamesh@lanl.gov) Received: from mailwasher.lanl.gov (mailwasher.lanl.gov [204.121.3.2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E7C013C480 for ; Mon, 5 Nov 2007 20:20:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jamesh@lanl.gov) Received: from mailrelay3.lanl.gov (mailrelay3.lanl.gov [128.165.4.104]) by mailwasher.lanl.gov (8.13.8/8.13.8/(ccn-5)) with ESMTP id lA5KKOIu007340; Mon, 5 Nov 2007 13:20:24 -0700 Received: from oppie-mail.lanl.gov (oppie-mail.lanl.gov [128.165.4.123]) by mailrelay3.lanl.gov (8.13.8/8.13.8/(ccn-5)) with ESMTP id lA5KKL2m030030; Mon, 5 Nov 2007 13:20:21 -0700 Received: from [128.165.86.10] (secretariat.lanl.gov [128.165.86.10]) by oppie-mail.lanl.gov (Postfix) with ESMTP id B4D451F8004; Mon, 5 Nov 2007 13:20:11 -0700 (MST) From: James To: Sean Murphy In-Reply-To: <472F74A9.9090400@calarts.edu> References: <472F74A9.9090400@calarts.edu> Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratories Date: Mon, 05 Nov 2007 14:20:57 +0000 Message-Id: <1194272457.44119.3.camel@secretariat.lanl.gov> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.10.3 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port X-CTN-5-MailScanner-Information: Please see http://network.lanl.gov/email/virus-scan.php X-CTN-5-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-CTN-5-MailScanner-From: jamesh@lanl.gov X-Spam-Status: No Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Help Failing Disk Problem X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: jamesh@lanl.gov List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 05 Nov 2007 20:20:33 -0000 On Mon, 2007-11-05 at 11:53 -0800, Sean Murphy wrote: > I have a FreeBSD 6.2 Release box with a single ide that has user data > and the FreeBSD OS on a hard disk that is failing. I need advice on the > best way to clone the entire disk (or at least the data) onto a larger > ide disk drive, then pull the failing disk and replace it with the > clone. What is the best way in FreeBSD to do that? > > Thanks The best way is to do it regularly before the hard drive is failing. Given that you haven't done that, there're a few methods. I'm a big fan of rsync, which is the nectar of the gods, but a lot of folks seem to prefer dd for this kind of thing. There was a thread not long ago about how best to duplicate a drive. James