Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2009 12:04:06 +0100 From: RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Disk Cloning Message-ID: <20090929120406.269d3505@gumby.homeunix.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0909282008020.40345@wonkity.com> References: <20090928011444.29110022@chris.makeworld.com> <20090928213703.ecf59a9d.freebsd@edvax.de> <d36406630909281707k5c2e9cb6id46400594643cf7@mail.gmail.com> <20090929022231.9a92783f.freebsd@edvax.de> <20090929023233.69b37187@gumby.homeunix.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0909282008020.40345@wonkity.com>
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On Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:08:43 -0600 (MDT)
Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 29 Sep 2009, RW wrote:
>
> > On Tue, 29 Sep 2009 02:22:31 +0200
> > Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> wrote:
> >
> >> doing 1:1 copies with dd is always possible and will
> >> keep content identically; remember to copy the MBR separately
> >> with bs=512 and count=1 from the /dev/ad{source} device.
> >
> > Why?
>
> Because it contains the partition table.
Right, but why separately, rather than with the rest of the disk?
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