From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 3 05:05:22 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CB3EF16A4BF for ; Wed, 3 Sep 2003 05:05:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: from lava.sentex.ca (pyroxene.sentex.ca [199.212.134.18]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 11CFB43FE9 for ; Wed, 3 Sep 2003 05:05:22 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Received: from simian.sentex.net (simeon.sentex.ca [192.168.43.27]) by lava.sentex.ca (8.12.9/8.12.8) with ESMTP id h83C5KFb001032; Wed, 3 Sep 2003 08:05:21 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Message-Id: <5.2.0.9.0.20030903080614.09499528@209.112.4.2> X-Sender: mdtpop@209.112.4.2 (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.2.0.9 Date: Wed, 03 Sep 2003 08:08:16 -0400 To: Vincent Poy From: Mike Tancsa In-Reply-To: <20030830105109.D64375-100000@oahu.WURLDLINK.NET> References: <5.2.0.9.0.20030830103623.06ee9cd0@209.112.4.2> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Virus-Scanned: By Sentex Communications (lava/20020517) cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ghost for FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 03 Sep 2003 12:05:23 -0000 use g4u to make a copy of your HD to a local ftp server off your original drive. You can then restore it that way too. i.e you dont need both drives in at the same time. ---Mike At 10:56 AM 30/08/2003 -1000, Vincent Poy wrote: > I have a question regarding this as well. Let's say that my >FreeBSD is running on a Dell Inspiron 8200 notebook with a Fujitsu 2.5" >4200rpm 60GB HD which has 116280 cylinders/16 heads/63 sectors per track/ >512 bytes per sector. I just recently bought a Hitachi TravelStar 7K60 >7200rpm 60GB HD which has 116280 cylinders/16 heads/63 sectors per >track, 512 bytes per sector but the problem is I can't use g4u as I have >to remove the FDD from the bay to add the 2nd HDD to the system. So this >appears that both drives are 100% identical in size and parameters. What >do I need to do to completely copy the entire drive from the old drive to >the new drive under FreeBSD? Thanks. > > >Cheers, >Vince - vince@WURLDLINK.NET - Vice President ________ __ ____ >Unix Networking Operations - FreeBSD-Real Unix for Free / / / / | / |[__ ] >WurldLink Corporation / / / / | / | __] ] >San Francisco - Honolulu - Hong Kong / / / / / |/ / | __] ] >HongKong Stars/Gravis UltraSound Mailing Lists Admin /_/_/_/_/|___/|_|[____] >Almighty1@IRC - oahu.DAL.NET Hawaii's DALnet IRC Network Server Admin > >On Sat, 30 Aug 2003, Mike Tancsa wrote: > > > > > Sorry, didnt mean to hit send so quickly. What I meant to say is that g4u > > will do what you want. Also, take a look at just plain old dump and > > restore. If you want to have an image of what is on your partition as well > > as have incremental backups it works really well too. > > > > ---Mike > > > > At 10:29 AM 30/08/2003 -0400, Mike Tancsa wrote: > > >Hi, > > >take a look at g4u/ It works really well > > > > > >http://www.feyrer.de/g4u/ > > > > > > ---Mike > > > > > >At 03:02 PM 30/08/2003 +0200, Stefan Malte Schumacher wrote: > > > > > >>Hi > > >> > > >>Well, just like the subject says I am for a program or a backup approach > > >>simillar to the one I am currently using. I boot with a Dos-Bootdisk and > > >>use Ghost to backup my Linux-Partitions to a FAT-Partition and then > > >>distribute the images around different computers on the network. I would > > >>like to be able to something like this with FreeBSD. I have had a look at > > >>Ghost 4 Unix but this is mainly oriented towards deploying images via the > > >>network while I just want to store the files locally. The advantage > of Ghost > > >>and Ghost4Unix is that is is very easy to restore the system even if > it so > > >>messed up that it wont boot. How can I do this ? > > >> > > >> > > >>Bye > > >>Stefan > > >> > > >>_______________________________________________ > > >>freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > >>http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > >>To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > > >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > >To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >