Date: Fri, 19 May 2000 13:52:27 -0400 (EDT) From: David Miller <dmiller@search.sparks.net> To: Ryan.Gamo@sce.com Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Making an Image/cloning a system Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0005191349350.29357-100000@search.sparks.net> In-Reply-To: <OF00124EF9.AD3DA757-ON882568E4.005706CD@sce.com>
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On Fri, 19 May 2000 Ryan.Gamo@sce.com wrote: > > You might just want to hook up a drive to the second IDE controller (if > available), configure it, and then copy everything over. You'll have a > backup, as well as an image of your first machine. > > Further question for the rest: > Would he have to partition it as well? Or will the partitions remain > the same on the new drive? If he uses an identical drive he shold be able to dd the image over when it's in single user mode. This is not really the best way to do it tho - one can should use disklabel and friends (/stand/sysinstall for the menu verison) to lay down the file systems and swap properly, some of which might change. Then he has a choice of pax, cpio, tar, and dump to move the files over:) --- David To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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