From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 11 14:29:57 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 ED28D16A476 for ; Sat, 11 Mar 2006 14:29:52 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gpeel@thenetnow.com) Received: from webmaillogin.com (fr5.webmaillogin.com [216.40.35.69]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E954743D45 for ; Sat, 11 Mar 2006 14:29:46 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gpeel@thenetnow.com) Received: from [216.240.12.2] (account gpeel@thenetnow.com HELO GRANT) by fr5.webmaillogin.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.3.8) with ESMTPA id 156682656 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sat, 11 Mar 2006 09:29:44 -0500 Message-ID: <001e01c64518$3df70b90$6701a8c0@GRANT> From: "Grant Peel" To: Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2006 09:29:39 -0500 Organization: The Net Now Internet MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=response Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 Subject: Fw: dd - cloning a disk. Second Part! X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Grant Peel List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2006 14:29:58 -0000 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" To: 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 >