On 3/11/06, Grant Peel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > Here is a simple (I think!) question for the I/O savy among you: > > If I had two identical disks, say, 73 GB Seagate 10K SCSIs, one completely > operational fully setup FreeBSD with all the trimmings, and the other blank, > or perhaps loaded but no longer usable, is 'dd' and appropriate tool to > completely clone the Good disk to the not so good disk....therefor making > the second disk identical to the first? Bootable and all?
It is, with a few 'buts'. Firstly, the source should be mounted read-only. Secondly, you should copy the drive device itself (ie da0 to da1) instead of its partitions (ie da0c). _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
