Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2010 16:45:54 -0600 From: Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com> To: bsd <bsd@todoo.biz> Cc: Liste FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Creating clone of a HDD including boot partition Message-ID: <AANLkTikui5YLrXWOAQyr_kBHMbVPmmiwRjwAQKRLRFvY@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <1A4BE241-5B74-4BDA-B13F-DF1B3F30B30B@todoo.biz> References: <201012150800.oBF80FRf015357@mail.r-bonomi.com> <58F35D2B-19D0-4FE0-A4DA-03FDA8128BD2@todoo.biz> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1012151214220.98403@wonkity.com> <C88DF83E-BCCA-4386-BB91-B12A5B4D7BBA@todoo.biz> <4D0A2A2D.1070607@bah.homeip.net> <1A4BE241-5B74-4BDA-B13F-DF1B3F30B30B@todoo.biz>
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On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 4:05 PM, bsd <bsd@todoo.biz> wrote: > > $ gzcat pfSense_HDD.gz | dd of=/dev/disk1 bs=1m > > <snip> > 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
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