Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2003 15:49:41 -0500 From: Steve Bertrand <iaccounts@northnetworks.ca> To: "Arie J. Gerszt" <arie@gerszt.ch> Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: disk error / failure: need help! (smart failure predicted) Message-ID: <1071175781.478.57.camel@ptp.northnetworks.ca> In-Reply-To: <1071172916.478.27.camel@ptp.northnetworks.ca> References: <FEEHKMHBPPGLAPHJCDIIOEIKDMAA.arie@gerszt.ch> <1071172916.478.27.camel@ptp.northnetworks.ca>
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> > At the moment the disk works (still). What is the easiest way to > > copy everything from this disk to another new one (including boot > > mgmr, mbr) > > > > the system has in total 3 disks, but only the first (the broken one) > > is bootable. > > > > Put in another disk drive temporarily, and since this is only a one time > thing, you can use dd. Try to eliminate most, if not all access to the > box: > > # dd if=/dev/ad0 of=/dev/ad4 > > Substitute ad4 with the dev name of the temporary drive. Once dd is > done, take out the primary disk and replace it with the new clone. Read > man dd(8) as I don't know off the top of my head what the optimal > options would be for dd in this case. > I'm following a thread in questions right now, and I must agree with some of the posts stating that using dd on the / filesystem could cause grief if the partition is mounted. You may want to use a fixit floppy or alternative boot method and then dd the disk to ensure no writes occur whilst in transfer. Steve > Steve > > > thanks, > > arie > > > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-isp@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-isp > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-isp-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- Steve Bertrand President/CTO, Northumberland Network Services t: 905.352.2688 w: www.northnetworks.ca
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