If you want to make an exact copy, use ufsdump. When you ufsrestore the data you will have to put the bootblock on
If all you want to do is make another machine very similar then use a flar acrchive. see man pages for flarcreate you can then cut this archive to cd/dvd or tape or put on a network. When you come to build, you boot from solaris cd or network as normal and during the installation you will be asked do you want to build from an archive. it will put new host, vfstab files and nodename etc.... so you won't end up with 2 machines with the same details on the net. cheers. dan -----Original Message----- From: Peters, Michael D. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2004 4:40 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Solaris-Users] Best way to duplicate a disk? I would like to create a working duplicate hard drive on an X86 Solaris 9 system that I can use to install in another similar system. I suppose this would be described as a "Clone". I am assuming that the IDE drive is an identical capacity. Can anyone suggest to me the very best way of doing this? If the drive were a larger capacity, what would the implications be for this whole process? Best regards, Michael _______________________________________________ Solaris-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.filibeto.org/mailman/listinfo/solaris-users ########################################### This message has been scanned by F-Secure Anti-Virus for Microsoft Exchange. For more information, connect to http://www.F-Secure.com/ _______________________________________________ Solaris-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.filibeto.org/mailman/listinfo/solaris-users
