Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2002 05:21:07 +0100 From: Cliff Sarginson <csfbsd@raggedclown.net> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: copy everythin (/) from one machine to remote machine Message-ID: <20020220042107.GB11089@raggedclown.net> In-Reply-To: <20020219163857.J48401@blossom.cjclark.org> References: <002701c1b991$48ec5990$0d00a8c0@alexus> <20020219163857.J48401@blossom.cjclark.org>
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On Tue, Feb 19, 2002 at 04:38:57PM -0800, Crist J. Clark wrote: > On Tue, Feb 19, 2002 at 05:03:38PM -0500, alexus wrote: > > hello > > > > how would I go about making copy of everything that is on one machine to > > another machine? > > considering that both machines are not on same network and not even > > physically close to each other > > and I want to copy everything from one machine / to another with all > > permissions and every thing > > can I do tar everything one machine and untar it on another? > > A dump(8)/restore(8) is usually the best way to copy a partition. > > # dump -0af - / | ssh remote-machine 'restore -xf -' > > Is always fun. Depends on your exact circumstances. > > > if it's > > possible, then supposedly it'd solve my situation but how would I make that > > other hard drive bootable? > > See fdisk(8) and disklabel(8). Usually something like, > > # fdisk -B ad0 > # disklabel -B ad0s1 > > Will do it. Don't use tar(1) for this purpose. It does not handle special files properly (those in /dev). -- Regards Cliff Sarginson -- <csfbsd@raggedclown.net> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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