From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 22 06:40:31 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DB82D16A41C for ; Wed, 22 Jun 2005 06:40:31 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dick@nagual.st) Received: from nagual.st (cc20684-a.assen1.dr.home.nl [82.74.2.254]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5EF8D43D1F for ; Wed, 22 Jun 2005 06:40:26 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dick@nagual.st) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (uid 1000) by nagual.st with local; Wed, 22 Jun 2005 08:40:24 +0200 Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2005 08:40:24 +0200 To: freebsd-questions Message-ID: <20050622064024.GA19456@lothlorien.nagual.st> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i From: Dick Hoogendijk Subject: cloning with nfs? 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: Wed, 22 Jun 2005 06:40:32 -0000 Yesterday I ruined my partition table on one of my machines. Luckely this machine was almost an exact copy of another that still is running fine. So, I can follow the procedure of copying one disk to another (following the handbook). But this requires a fysical removal / action on the machines and harddisks witch I don't want to do if not needed. I did a minimal install on the crashed machine (#B) If disk'cloning' can be done through NFS that'll be the way to go for me. Will it be enough to export /var /usr /tmp and / (#B) to mountpoints on machine #A and then follow the 'normal' dump/restore procedure mentioned in the handbook? Or are there side_effects and will fysical placement of the 'new' drive in machine #A be the right way to do it? Thanks for any advice. -- dick -- http://nagual.st/ -- PGP/GnuPG key: F86289CE ++ Running FreeBSD 4.11-stable ++ FreeBSD 5.4 + Nai tiruvantel ar vayuvantel i Valar tielyanna nu vilja