Date: Thu, 4 May 2006 10:15:55 -0400 From: Paul Chvostek <paul+fbsd@it.ca> To: Andrew <andrew.chace@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>, "Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC" <chad@shire.net> Subject: Re: "dd" question Message-ID: <20060504141555.GA81107@it.ca> In-Reply-To: <1146695806.3352.14.camel@LatitudeFC5.network> References: <E573EA60-5542-475C-A112-A7360575CC89@shire.net> <1146695806.3352.14.camel@LatitudeFC5.network>
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On Wed, May 03, 2006 at 05:36:46PM -0500, Andrew wrote: > On Wed, 2006-05-03 at 14:11 -0600, Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC wrote: > > Can I used dd from my freebsd box to > > completely copy the whole disk, partition tables and all, to another > > disk? ... > have another suggestion. If you think the disk will be ok, use dd to > "zero-out" the rest of the drive; i.e. ... > One of these days, I am going to write a tool to do just this sort of > thing, since it seems to be a fairly common practice. I believe that tool would be g4u, http://www.feyrer.de/g4u/, along with the FAQ at http://www.feyrer.de/g4u/#shrinkimg . p -- Paul Chvostek <paul@it.ca> it.canada http://www.it.ca/
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