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Date:      Sat, 11 Mar 2006 09:29:39 -0500
From:      "Grant Peel" <gpeel@thenetnow.com>
To:        <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Fw: dd - cloning a disk. Second Part!
Message-ID:  <001e01c64518$3df70b90$6701a8c0@GRANT>

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Sorry, I forgpt to add this,

I the answer is yes to the first question (original question), then, what 
happens if one 'dd's a small, say 36 GM disk to a larger one, say 73 GB. Can 
the newly made disk be resized so as not to loose 1/2 of it?

-GRant


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Grant Peel" <gpeel@thenetnow.com>
To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Sent: Saturday, March 11, 2006 9:25 AM
Subject: dd - cloning a disk.


> Hi all,
>
> Here is a simple (I think!) question for the I/O savy among you:
>
> If I had two identical disks, say, 73 GB Seagate 10K SCSIs, one completely 
> operational fully setup FreeBSD with all the trimmings, and the other 
> blank, or perhaps loaded but no longer usable, is 'dd' and appropriate 
> tool to completely clone the Good disk to the not so good disk....therefor 
> making the second disk identical to the first? Bootable and all?
>
> -Grant
> 





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