On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 08:35:48AM -0500, lazaax - wrote: > 2008/4/23 Mark Carlson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > On 4/23/08, chilo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > How can I reproduce my system to > > another box with the same configuration? > > > > > > How to create and image if it is using RAID5 with 4x146 SAS drives? > > isthis possible with RAID5 or can I just image disk by disk (JBOD) willit > > not affect the contents because it has raid5 technology? and how todo it? > > > > > > Is there a third party software like "Ghost" in Freebsd? if so how to > > use it? > > > > > > During my search I saw frisbee but I don't know how to use it. There > > are only limited information on how to use it and I can't understand it > > cause I'm new at using freebsd. > > > > > > btw I have Freebsd 7 amd64 system. > > > > > > Dual Core Intel XEON processor 5000 1333MHZ > > > Intel 5000 chipset family > > > 1 GB min fully buffered memory > > > 4 x 146GB SAS drives > > > Lan Intel 82563EB dual port controller > > > LSI 1068 SAS Contoller > > > > > > I need to have the same configurations on the other servers > > withoutgoing through the installation stuffs. I believe this is possible > > but Ido not know how. > > > > > > Advance and many thanks. > > > > Can you put two LSI 1068 controllers in one system? If so, install a > > second controller in your working box, attach 4 hard drives to it, > > configure the RAID 5, boot up, use 'dump' to do a level 0 dump of the > > working filesystem to the new drives, take the drives and controller > > out, and put it in the new system. Boot up the new system and it > > should be the same as the other one! > > > > If you can't put two LSI 1068 controllers in one box this probably > > will not work. In this case, you may be able to boot the second box > > from a live CD, and set up netcat or something to stream a dump from > > the working box over to the hard drives on the second box via the > > network. > > > > -Mark C. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > [email protected] mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hardware > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > > > > hi, i do clone disk with command "dd" dd if=/dev/disk of=/home/iso.iso > good luck.
Clarification: if /dev/disk is a hard disk (which is implied), the resulting file will NOT be an ISO. It will be a raw hard disk image. -- | Jeremy Chadwick jdc at parodius.com | | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, USA | | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP: 4BD6C0CB | _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hardware To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
