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Subject: RE: Replacing a failing HD
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Bob Ababurko
> Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 7:53 AM
> To: Charlie Schluting; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
> Subject: Re: Replacing a failing HD
> 
> Yes, I guess I should mention that the drives were on the 
> same machine, actually the same bus and/or channel.  I have 
> also done this on Solaris. 
>   I believe it was Solaris 8, but it works just the same.  I 
> am not sure if it would work over a network.  Just make sure 
> you dd the disk as a whole as in /dev/daX and not by the slice.
> 
> -Bob
> 
> 
> Charlie Schluting wrote:
> >>I have used dd to image a drive many times before in freebsd.  It 
> >>works like a champion and will boot up just fine.  I may have 
> >>misunderstood your mail but if not then it will work.
> >>
> > 
> > 
> > Well, maybe my weird "over ssh calling a setuid program 
> that calls a 
> > script" dd was flawed somehow. I'll do it again with both drives in 
> > the same machine.
> > 
> > Thanks for the response!


Hope it's ok to continue this thread, but can you explain in more detail how
to use dd to copy a HD. I read "man dd" and was unable to figure out how
this is done.

Thanks,
Craig