Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2016 19:19:00 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Alejandro Imass <aimass@yabarana.com> Cc: "Jack L." <xxjack12xx@gmail.com>, "lokadamus@gmx.de" <lokadamus@gmx.de>, Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Clone a FBSD system with something in the likes of ghost Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.20.1610051914001.59967@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <CAHieY7TuKFvxcBU8hba1Dyxf2H3FCSFEDF%2BavE9xRovx86K-bA@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAHieY7TSESodQXBLoZkkBGWZaCbEZessqiMvzp9dR8Y1CoAZtw@mail.gmail.com> <57EC9527.7020202@rcn.com> <alpine.BSF.2.20.1609282305130.7457@wonkity.com> <CAHieY7QV3xYPsNxXdZrYCGO7SA37Mxn_yy2njByR2EBd9DzX9A@mail.gmail.com> <CAN2YBg6qUBXd8qy25zT5FNe9LkyY=x3po1H3UoD1Y2fDxrBvQw@mail.gmail.com> <c0c912ce-e859-4afb-76fc-cf06da97d848@gmx.de> <alpine.BSF.2.20.1610031043260.59114@wonkity.com> <20161003192218.51a7f402.freebsd@edvax.de> <alpine.BSF.2.20.1610031632530.59114@wonkity.com> <CALeGphzWwGpM4TfTDCGt5oSGx7=Q-MTmmg_hYhoX=eremMOWnA@mail.gmail.com> <CAHieY7TuKFvxcBU8hba1Dyxf2H3FCSFEDF%2BavE9xRovx86K-bA@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, 5 Oct 2016, Alejandro Imass wrote: > On Tue, Oct 4, 2016 at 8:26 PM, Jack L. <xxjack12xx@gmail.com> wrote: >> have you tried gpart backup src|gpart restore target? >> >> That's usually how I clone my partitions >> >> On Mon, Oct 3, 2016 at 3:41 PM, Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> wrote: >> > > Hey guys great discussion. Thanks for following up and all the ideas! > > I haven't done anything yet researching and making sure it will work > OK and I end up with a stable syste. > > Most of my stuff is in jails anyway with EzJail so I'm thinking that > if I upgrade my old system to exactly the version of the target > installation the ezjail archive and restore feature will work well. I > have done this before and works like a charm so long as both systems > are prtty much the same version and equally updated. So I'm still > undecided as to what the best approach would be at this point. I'm > inclined for the ezjail archive restore right now as I know for a fact > that it works. ezjail is filesystem-based, so tools that deal with filesystems are appropriate. The built-in backup and restore should do fine.
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