Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2003 09:50:14 +0700 From: "Viacheslav Voytovich" <voytovich_slava@land.ru> To: "Steve Bertrand" <iaccounts@northnetworks.ca> Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: disk error / failure: need help! (smart failure predicted) Message-ID: <001001c3c1ed$0617f870$0a0a000a@slava> References: <FEEHKMHBPPGLAPHJCDIIOEIKDMAA.arie@gerszt.ch> <1071172916.478.27.camel@ptp.northnetworks.ca> <1071175781.478.57.camel@ptp.northnetworks.ca>
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Hi ! Does it need that the disks have the same geometry? Slava ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Bertrand" <iaccounts@northnetworks.ca> To: "Arie J. Gerszt" <arie@gerszt.ch> Cc: <freebsd-isp@freebsd.org> Sent: Friday, December 12, 2003 3:49 AM Subject: Re: disk error / failure: need help! (smart failure predicted) > > > At the moment the disk works (still). What is the easiest way to > > > copy everything from this disk to another new one (including boot > > > mgmr, mbr) > > > > > > the system has in total 3 disks, but only the first (the broken one) > > > is bootable. > > > > > > > Put in another disk drive temporarily, and since this is only a one time > > thing, you can use dd. Try to eliminate most, if not all access to the > > box: > > > > # dd if=/dev/ad0 of=/dev/ad4 > > > > Substitute ad4 with the dev name of the temporary drive. Once dd is > > done, take out the primary disk and replace it with the new clone. Read > > man dd(8) as I don't know off the top of my head what the optimal > > options would be for dd in this case. > > > > I'm following a thread in questions right now, and I must agree with > some of the posts stating that using dd on the / filesystem could cause > grief if the partition is mounted. You may want to use a fixit floppy or > alternative boot method and then dd the disk to ensure no writes occur > whilst in transfer. > > Steve > > > > > Steve > > > > > thanks, > > > arie > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > freebsd-isp@freebsd.org mailing list > > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-isp > > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-isp-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- > Steve Bertrand > President/CTO, > Northumberland Network Services > > t: 905.352.2688 > w: www.northnetworks.ca > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-isp@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-isp > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-isp-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > >
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