Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2005 09:03:58 -0600 From: John <john@starfire.mn.org> To: Erik Norgaard <norgaard@locolomo.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Using FreeBSD to migrate Windows XP? Message-ID: <20050208090358.A14279@starfire.mn.org> In-Reply-To: <4208BC04.9010204@locolomo.org>; from norgaard@locolomo.org on Tue, Feb 08, 2005 at 02:17:56PM %2B0100 References: <20050208070846.A13935@starfire.mn.org> <4208BC04.9010204@locolomo.org>
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On Tue, Feb 08, 2005 at 02:17:56PM +0100, Erik Norgaard wrote: > John wrote: > > OK - I've finally come to the realization (a little slow, I know) > > that a 5.8Gb disk drive is just not enough to support a desktop > > environment (including JAVA) for both Windows XP and FreeBSD on my > > laptop. :( > > > > I have used dump(8) to dump out my filesystems. I am wondering > > if I can just use "dd" to dump out all of /dev/ad0s1 also, > > and then use "dd" to put it back again when I'm done. Then > > I'd boot the installation CD into "fixit" mode, build a new > > MBR, make sure that the new s1 was the same or very slightly larger > > than the old s1, and use dd to put it back again. Can anyone > > speak to either the "doomed to failure" or "I've done this and > > it works" scenarios? > > Not doomed, but don't expect to read data on other than FBSD systems. > This is described in the handbook under using removable media (CD/DVD) > for backups. Oh, yeah, actually, that's no problem. The "media" are files on an NFS share... I'll use FreeBSD booted from the CD to put it back. -- John Lind john@starfire.MN.ORG
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