From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 16 22:45:56 2010 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 0E88A106566C for ; Thu, 16 Dec 2010 22:45:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from amvandemore@gmail.com) Received: from mail-fx0-f49.google.com (mail-fx0-f49.google.com [209.85.161.49]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8F7F68FC14 for ; Thu, 16 Dec 2010 22:45:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: by fxm19 with SMTP id 19so65773fxm.36 for ; Thu, 16 Dec 2010 14:45:54 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:in-reply-to :references:date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=waDk68qrgXvyKWjMhaKjn0uNAJT/nzMwqLfh+z4RR2M=; b=koVsPp0RU+coFEzRhMCOHqMI78/4bII8IVeANJLEWTlerfMCK9gFwbgWg1BJjbj4Wc l+48457t0UwOtGDNcyAs1M943YCWxScFXMFZgZzHmLqGjDHZoxQSnsMz6z34RonDM40E NyqXBFschpwbiAIoHatx/04gEeb32mGF1XPPM= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=BOj+wA6KVY09leJc/HXdsAaZVdWtXV3OZXeUqh1IdQO6uL8MUeaa8HYOpoT1MOxTkF HDobQDat2cJPKVX4x4PuuSFbPXQAUn4trKpsv8D1V61ozKGlXPsXFbXFRs8Mq60kxBRG a5d3sGDNZlAX1DQJkIAcsxuMzgShYnKw9fLKE= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.223.95.202 with SMTP id e10mr377837fan.32.1292539554614; Thu, 16 Dec 2010 14:45:54 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.223.114.4 with HTTP; Thu, 16 Dec 2010 14:45:54 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <1A4BE241-5B74-4BDA-B13F-DF1B3F30B30B@todoo.biz> References: <201012150800.oBF80FRf015357@mail.r-bonomi.com> <58F35D2B-19D0-4FE0-A4DA-03FDA8128BD2@todoo.biz> <4D0A2A2D.1070607@bah.homeip.net> <1A4BE241-5B74-4BDA-B13F-DF1B3F30B30B@todoo.biz> Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2010 16:45:54 -0600 Message-ID: From: Adam Vande More To: bsd Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Liste FreeBSD Subject: Re: Creating clone of a HDD including boot partition X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2010 22:45:56 -0000 On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 4:05 PM, bsd wrote: > > $ gzcat pfSense_HDD.gz | dd of=/dev/disk1 bs=1m > > > Is there anything I can do to speed up the process ? > Not without interrupting it, but prior to that you could have done things like testing for optimal bs=. 1m should perform ok, but you may have been able to get better throughput with a smaller value. http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-performance/2005-October/001555.html If they are IDE drive make sure they are on different controllers eg not in a master/slave arrangement. Buy a faster /dev/disk1 -- Adam Vande More