Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1999 13:17:33 -0700 From: Greg Shenaut <greg@bogslab.ucdavis.edu> To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Is it possible to clone a hard disk? Message-ID: <199907122017.NAA04579@deal1.bogs.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 12 Jul 1999 14:23:28 EDT." <199907121823.OAA24661@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com>
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In message <199907121823.OAA24661@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com>, "Crist J. Clark" cleopede: >Some people may recommend doing a dd(1) right from one disk to >another, but I would only recommend it if you _really_ know what you >are doing. The best circumstance in which to use dd to clone a whole disk is when the destination drive is exactly the same model (in terms of heads, cylinders, sectors) as the source drive. I always try to buy disks in batches so that I can configure a system to my taste and dd the result to the other disks. With a little light editing of rc.conf, these clones are then ready to go. (I ordinarily use a tape as an intermediary, but it's the same principle.) -Greg Shenaut To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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