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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