From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 5 23:45:44 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EE07D16A4CE for ; Fri, 5 Nov 2004 23:45:44 +0000 (GMT) Received: from palrel10.hp.com (atorelbas01.hp.com [156.153.255.245]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B0E8243D49 for ; Fri, 5 Nov 2004 23:45:44 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jason.sheets@hp.com) Received: from cacexg12.americas.cpqcorp.net (cacexg12.americas.cpqcorp.net [16.92.1.72]) by palrel10.hp.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8EE9F9CDE; Fri, 5 Nov 2004 15:45:44 -0800 (PST) Received: from idbexc01.americas.cpqcorp.net ([16.88.97.3]) by cacexg12.americas.cpqcorp.net with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.211); Fri, 5 Nov 2004 15:45:44 -0800 Received: from 15.39.101.170 ([15.39.101.170]) by idbexc01.americas.cpqcorp.net ([16.88.97.3]) with Microsoft Exchange Server HTTP-DAV ; Fri, 5 Nov 2004 23:45:42 +0000 Received: from jsheets-ux.boi.hp.com by idbexc01.americas.cpqcorp.net; 05 Nov 2004 16:45:42 -0700 From: Jason Sheets To: Niy@extacy.homeip.net In-Reply-To: <4f9c6b6d0411051525f8fea73@mail.gmail.com> References: <4f9c6b6d0411051525f8fea73@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <1099698342.22920.38.camel@jsheets-ux.boi.hp.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 Date: Fri, 05 Nov 2004 16:45:42 -0700 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 05 Nov 2004 23:45:44.0374 (UTC) FILETIME=[91025560:01C4C391] cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: using dd to clone windows XP drives X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 05 Nov 2004 23:45:45 -0000 We haven't used dd directly but have used g4u. g4u ("ghost for unix") is a boot-floppy/CD that allows one to easily clone PC hard disks by using FTP. This is often done to deploy a common setup on a number of PCs. The floppy/CD offers two functions: it uploads the compressed image of a local hard disk to an FTP server, and then it can retrieve that image via FTP, uncompress it, and write it back to disk. Network configuration is fetched via DHCP. As the hard disk is processed as an image, any filesystem and operating system can be deployed using g4u. Easy cloning of local disks as well as partitions is also supported. http://www.feyrer.de/g4u/ Jason On Fri, 2004-11-05 at 16:25, NiY wrote: > Has anyone succesfully cloned a windows XP hard drive with dd? I heard > there were problems specifically with XP drives, that they required a > drive ID number to be changed or something silly like that. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"