From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 15 03:26:39 2006 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 A673316A420 for ; Wed, 15 Feb 2006 03:26:39 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from joe@netmusician.org) Received: from netmusician.org (netmusician.org [209.67.223.75]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 296EF43D49 for ; Wed, 15 Feb 2006 03:26:39 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from joe@netmusician.org) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by netmusician.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AEAE7730A4; Tue, 14 Feb 2006 22:26:38 -0500 (EST) Received: from netmusician.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (netmusician.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 06974-06; Tue, 14 Feb 2006 22:26:38 -0500 (EST) Received: from [192.168.0.2] (12-223-193-72.client.insightbb.com [12.223.193.72]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by netmusician.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CFB187303E; Tue, 14 Feb 2006 22:26:37 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <20060215031225.37872.qmail@web51411.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20060215031225.37872.qmail@web51411.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v746.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Joe Auty Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 22:26:35 -0500 To: Steve Quinn X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.746.2) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at netmusician.org X-Mailman-Approved-At: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 03:32:07 +0000 Cc: Subject: Re: best approach to clone a disk? 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, 15 Feb 2006 03:26:39 -0000 Thanks Steve, These were the exact instructions I started with, only on a different page.... The problem with these for me is that dump caused a core dump. I've been trying to run dump while booted up from a Freesbie CD, but I was getting "unknown file system" errors I didn't know how to deal with. I'm going to try g4u next, but I'm surprised that what I originally thought would be a simple task has turned out to be such an amazing chore =( On Feb 14, 2006, at 10:12 PM, Steve Quinn wrote: > --- Joe Auty wrote: > >> What is your strategy for dealing with disks of different sizes, like >> mine are? >> >> > > Hi Joe > > Sorry dude, this will be a long read > > I use Ghost for Windows cloning mostly since it understands Fat and > NTFS filesystems and I don't > have to worry about empty blocks > > I used to use Partimage quite a bit but that was during my Linux > days :-) > > Now that I've discovered FreeBSD, I prefer to use Ghost for Unix > (G4U) for cloning my FreeBSD > boxen > > If you are cloning to an identical drive, G4U rocks. As a client/ > server based solution or even > locally it is really slick. > > If cloning to a bigger disk, G4U will work but will waste space on > your new disk requiring growfs > or other methods to use it up. (I have not dared to used growfs yet) > > I often want to clone a FreeBSD installation to a new larger drive > and don't want to fuss with > post cloning thingys > > Here's an excellent dump/restore prodecure that I've successfully > used on many production clones > > http://community.unixcities.com/node/5 > > It may seem like a lot but trust me, it's really worth learning > this process > > It's surprisingly fast as dump/restore understands the native > filesystems it copies and thus > ignores empty blocks > > I've got it down to a single simple script if you would like a copy > > Good luck and take care > > Steve > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com