From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 10 20:37:48 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 89389106566B for ; Fri, 10 Jun 2011 20:37:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lars@larseighner.com) Received: from mail.team1internet.com (mail.team1internet.com [216.110.13.10]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B8108FC0C for ; Fri, 10 Jun 2011 20:37:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: from larseighner.com (unknown [216.110.13.70]) by mail.team1internet.com (Postfix) with SMTP id 00D1716B52D; Fri, 10 Jun 2011 15:05:36 -0500 (CDT) Received: by larseighner.com (nbSMTP-1.00) for uid 1001 lars@larseighner.com; Fri, 10 Jun 2011 15:04:27 -0500 (CDT) Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2011 15:04:26 -0500 (CDT) From: Lars Eighner X-X-Sender: lars@noos.6dollardialup.com To: David Banning In-Reply-To: <20110610191145.GA36779@skytracker.ca> Message-ID: References: <20110610191145.GA36779@skytracker.ca> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: copying hard drives X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2011 20:37:48 -0000 On Fri, 10 Jun 2011, David Banning wrote: > 2. I'd like a simple way to copy - my FreeBSD system to another > drive - a clone so to speak - which I know dd can do - Won't reliably leave you with an operable system. Use dump and restore -- Lars Eighner http://www.larseighner.com/index.html 8800 N IH35 APT 1191 AUSTIN TX 78753-5266