From owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 13 21:43:31 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A86A916A4CE for ; Sat, 13 Dec 2003 21:43:31 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail.schmut.com (dsl092-049-002.sfo4.dsl.speakeasy.net [66.92.49.2]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 89F7043D31 for ; Sat, 13 Dec 2003 21:43:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mario@houseofsites.net) Received: (qmail 66910 invoked by uid 0); 14 Dec 2003 05:44:46 -0000 Received: from snoopy.schmut.com (HELO schmut.com) (192.168.23.1) by snoopy.schmut.com with SMTP; 14 Dec 2003 05:44:46 -0000 Received: from 192.168.23.91 (SquirrelMail authenticated user mario@schmut.com) by mail.schmut.com with HTTP; Sat, 13 Dec 2003 21:44:46 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <43427.192.168.23.91.1071380686.squirrel@mail.schmut.com> Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2003 21:44:46 -0800 (PST) From: "Mario Theodoridis" To: In-Reply-To: <001001c3c1ed$0617f870$0a0a000a@slava> References: <1071172916.478.27.camel@ptp.northnetworks.ca> <1071175781.478.57.camel@ptp.northnetworks.ca> <001001c3c1ed$0617f870$0a0a000a@slava> X-Priority: 3 Importance: Normal X-Mailer: SquirrelMail (version 1.2.9) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org cc: iaccounts@northnetworks.ca Subject: Re: disk error / failure: need help! (smart failure predicted) X-BeenThere: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: mario@houseofsites.net List-Id: Internet Services Providers List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2003 05:43:31 -0000 > Hi ! > > Does it need that the disks have the same geometry? > > Slava > i don't know about dd. As for dump, i've used it locally as well as remotely to back up entire partitions and as long as the target partition, which you need to format before hand, is big enough for the actual data, i've never had problems. For me this usually looks like this: [root@quack ~]#mount /dev/adwhatever /mountpoint [root@quack ~]#cd /mountpoint [root@quack /mountpoint]#dump 0f - / | restore -rf - hope it helps :) mario;> - - - - - - - - House Of Sites - - - - - - - - Web Design :: Programming :: Hosting :: Maintenance Web site: http://www.HouseOfSites.net Email: mario@HouseOfSites.net Tel: 415-242-3376 ---------------------------------------------------- Do you schmut!? http://www.schmut.com