Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2005 07:08:46 -0600 From: John <john@starfire.mn.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Using FreeBSD to migrate Windows XP? Message-ID: <20050208070846.A13935@starfire.mn.org>
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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? Thanks. BTW, just out of curiosity, does anyone know off the top of their heads where dump(8) puts the snapshot name when used with the L option? I assumed it would be in the .snap directory, but when I did an "ls -la" of /home/.snap while it was running, there was nothing there. I suppose it could remove the snap after it builds the map of what diskblocks to back up, but that could still lead to "fuzzy" backups. -- John Lind john@starfire.MN.ORG
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