Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2007 15:55:16 -0500 From: "Hakan K" <dominor@gmail.com> To: "Derek Ragona" <derek@computinginnovations.com> Cc: Sean Murphy <smurphy@calarts.edu>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Help Failing Disk Problem Message-ID: <105fa37b0711051255t10d37db6rea46392e62ffb354@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <6.0.0.22.2.20071105144706.02475a70@mail.computinginnovations.com> References: <472F74A9.9090400@calarts.edu> <6.0.0.22.2.20071105144706.02475a70@mail.computinginnovations.com>
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Try to connect the bad one as a secondary HD to get the data if u can not clone it.. Thanks Hakan http://dominor.com On Nov 5, 2007 3:50 PM, Derek Ragona <derek@computinginnovations.com> wrote: > At 01:53 PM 11/5/2007, Sean Murphy wrote: > >I have a FreeBSD 6.2 Release box with a single ide that has user data and > >the FreeBSD OS on a hard disk that is failing. I need advice on the best > >way to clone the entire disk (or at least the data) onto a larger ide disk > >drive, then pull the failing disk and replace it with the clone. What is > >the best way in FreeBSD to do that? > > > >Thanks > > If you buy a new disk most disk manufacturer's have cloning > software. However if you are having media failure errors it can be > difficult to get the data off. You may be able to just get the data you > need off this disk by copying to a new disk, or top tape, or a usb > disk. If you know what data you need like: /etc /usr/local/etc > /usr/local/data you may be better to just copy those trees off. > > -Derek > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support. > > _______________________________________________ > 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" >
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