From owner-freebsd-doc Thu Sep 21 3:10:13 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 30BCE37B424 for ; Thu, 21 Sep 2000 03:10:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.9.3/8.9.2) id DAA11800; Thu, 21 Sep 2000 03:10:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 03:10:12 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200009211010.DAA11800@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Cc: From: Oliver Fromme Subject: Re: docs/21443: I'm tired of telling people how to copy a disk. Reply-To: Oliver Fromme Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR docs/21443; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Oliver Fromme To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, mwm@mired.org Cc: Subject: Re: docs/21443: I'm tired of telling people how to copy a disk. Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 12:00:29 +0200 For what it's worth, cpdup works perfectly fine to copy a disk (or any directory tree), even the root FS. It's easier to use and more efficient than dump/restore, and it's not restricted to whole file systems. Therefore I'd suggest mentioning cpdup in this FAQ section (unfortunately I'm not a native English speaker, otherwise I'd try to formulate an appropriate paragraph myself). cpdup is in the ports collection in the sysutils category (I really wish it was in the base system). Best regards Oliver Fromme -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co KG, Oettingenstr. 2, 80538 München Any opinions expressed in this message may be personal to the author and may not necessarily reflect the opinions of secnetix in any way. "All that we see or seem is just a dream within a dream" (E. A. Poe) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message