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Subject: Re: Snapshots - can we use is for cloning disk(full restore to a
	newhard disk)
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On 2/28/06, Gayn Winters <gayn.winters@bristolsystems.com> wrote:
>
> > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of
> > Iantcho Vassilev
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2006 2:46 AM
> > To: FreeBSD Questions
> > Subject: Snapshots - can we use is for cloning disk(full
> > restore to a newhard disk)
>
> > Guys, i searched the web and the mailing lists about this
> > topic,but i really didn`t find any interesting thing..
> > Can i use the snapshots for full restore and if yes how can
> > we do that?
> >
> > The part that everyone is referring to the snapshots is the
> > fcsk you can run
> > on it while the filesystem is working also..
>
> You ought to be able to clone a partition from a snapshot via backup
> (from the snapshot) | restore (to another disk).  Doing this for every
> partition should clone the FreeBSD system as of the snapshot.  I've
> never tried it, however, and I'd be interested in hearing from someone
> who has done it successfully.


...
Yea..
That`s the idea...
Maybe dd copy from the snapshot and then growfs if the hard disk is
bigger...