From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Aug 29 23:40:51 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA20755 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sat, 29 Aug 1998 23:40:51 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from luke.cpl.net (luke.cpl.net [209.150.92.68]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA20750 for ; Sat, 29 Aug 1998 23:40:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from shawn@luke.cpl.net) Received: (from shawn@localhost) by luke.cpl.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA03654; Sat, 29 Aug 1998 23:44:14 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <19980829234414.64051@cpl.net> Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1998 23:44:14 -0700 From: Shawn Ramsey To: Neil Blakey-Milner , questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: duplicate hard drive References: <19980829221948.44568@cpl.net> <19980830073950.A14260@rucus.ru.ac.za> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89.1i In-Reply-To: <19980830073950.A14260@rucus.ru.ac.za>; from Neil Blakey-Milner on Sun, Aug 30, 1998 at 07:39:50AM +0200 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > I need to replace the boot drive on one of our servers... Is possible to > > easily make a duplicate copy(boot manager and all) ?? I recall this being > > discussed awhile back, but I dont remember the thread and can't seem to find > > it in the archives... > > If they're _exactly_ the same drives, you can use dd. > > dd if=/dev/wd0 of=/dev/wd1 (from wd0 to wd1) > > You can set a blocksize too, but dd usually chooses a considerate setting. > > Rather don't do this while either drive is mounted, which means doing it from > a floppy install, probably, else putting both drives in another machine. > > If they're not the same drives, there are other ways of doing things, which > other people will be able to explain better than I. They are not the same drive... the old is a 545m, and the new is about 2 gig. Would love to hear any ideas, as i'd rather avoid having to reinstall... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message