From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Jan 4 10:14:04 1995 Return-Path: hackers-owner Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.6) id KAA27759 for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 4 Jan 1995 10:14:04 -0800 Received: from grunt.grondar.za (grunt.grondar.za [196.7.18.129]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.6) with ESMTP id KAA27751 for ; Wed, 4 Jan 1995 10:13:04 -0800 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by grunt.grondar.za (8.6.9/8.6.9) with SMTP id UAA07065 for ; Wed, 4 Jan 1995 20:12:02 +0200 Message-Id: <199501041812.UAA07065@grunt.grondar.za> X-Authentication-Warning: grunt.grondar.za: Host localhost didn't use HELO protocol To: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Replicating system. Date: Wed, 04 Jan 1995 20:12:01 +0200 From: Mark Murray Sender: hackers-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk OK - picture the scene; 1) Working 2.x-current system (also in use as a "general hacking" system) 2) 2 SCSI disks (450MB total), 1 SCSI tape, 1 SCSI CDROM, 1 AH1542. 3) 1 Brand new 1GB SCSI disk :) :) :) 4) No (more) money ;-) Now - (thinks) How do I best copy the contents of the two disks to the new SCSI? I have done this before by tar-ing to a tape and restoring, but a file or 10 in /var/... got bust. Same for dump-ing to a tape. I can take out the second drive (/usr/src), but still leaves the problem of how to best get the live /var area over... (I recall that one of the problem files was a socket(?) in /var/run/printer= with mode srwxrwxrwx) I would prefer not to re-install, as this would take a PILE of work to get back to -current. I am reasonably sure that with some concentrated hacking I could get it right, but maybe someone knows a clever trick? If anyone has done this more than I (2x), or more cleverly than I (easy), please let me know how you did it. Thanks! M -- Mark Murray 46 Harvey Rd, Claremont, Cape Town 7700, South Africa +27 21 61-3768 GMT+0200