Hi Lars, for a 1-time clone to an identical CF dd will probably do, just check that it is indeed bootable after the dd, or run installboot(8) afterwards.
For periodical "cloning" (i.e. mirroring) I'd use rsync, which is very conservative when it comes to writes (no, let's not start that CF w-cycle discussion again - it may also save lots of time;). In that case the second CF needs to have an fs and to be mounted, and there may be issues with /var (not necessarily - PID files in /var/run are removed at boot time, for example). You'll need to test and possibly refine the procedure (rsync supports pattern-based file exclusion, for example). In my experience, except possibly for the trailing slash quirk (make sure that your informed about that one, see rsync(1):USAGE), it's the best tool available for jobs like this. Hope that this message contains at least a few things you didn't already know, Bill On Sun, 2008-05-11 at 16:46 +0300, Lars Noodén wrote: > I've got an OpenBSD 4.3 system on 1GB CF that I would like to clone to > another CF. > > What are some good/easy methods? > > dd? > > > > Regards, > -Lars > _______________________________________________ > Soekris-tech mailing list > Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com > http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech > _______________________________________________ Soekris-tech mailing list Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
