Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2009 08:19:18 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Chris <racerx@makeworld.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Disk Cloning Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0909280806470.37905@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <20090928011444.29110022@chris.makeworld.com> References: <20090928011444.29110022@chris.makeworld.com>
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On Mon, 28 Sep 2009, Chris wrote: > Please suggest a cloning method comparable to Clonezilla. > > Preferably fast, no need to install a base OS, easy to clone and > restore. Of course, the key is fast. Clonezilla uses ntfsclone or partimage, both programs that have built-in knowledge of specific filesystems. ntfsclone, the default, of course only supports NTFS. partimage has had "beta" support for UFS for a while. I don't know how well it works. You'd have to specifically choose partimage instead of ntfsclone in the Clonezilla startup. To get the equivalent of Clonezilla with FreeBSD, you should be able to boot a "livefs" FreeBSD CD and use dump to backup via ssh. There's an example in the Handbook: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/backup-basics.html#AEN25814 dump is not terribly fast. A comparison to partimage would be interesting. -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA
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