Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2005 16:31:05 -0600 From: Kevin Kinsey <kdk@daleco.biz> To: Andrew Batson <abatson@twcny.rr.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Question, is there any way or program that will let youclone/image a FreeBSD system Message-ID: <4220F8A9.8030501@daleco.biz> In-Reply-To: <200502262137.j1QLboK3015824@ms-smtp-01.nyroc.rr.com> References: <200502262137.j1QLboK3015824@ms-smtp-01.nyroc.rr.com>
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Andrew Batson wrote: >Hello, > > I have spend a few hours trying to find way to create a clone/image >of a currently working FreeBSD version 5.3 system. I would like to be able >to clone/image the system to a secondary hard disk drive attached the PC. I >have used Symantec's Ghost many times for Windows Systems and know that it >could do the job but only in a sector by sector operation. This will create >huge images files. > > Is there any way to do? I have read about with g4u, dd, dump/restore >but they do not seems to be able to do create the clone/image on a secondary >attached hard disk drive. > >Thanks for your help, >Andrew > > I'm not sure ... have you looked at /ports/sysutils/dolly? [513] Sat 26.Feb.2005 16:28:32 [kadmin@archangel][/usr/ports] # make search key="clone" | grep -A 5 -B 2 disk Port: dolly-0.57 Path: /usr/ports/sysutils/dolly Info: A program to clone harddisks/partitions over a fast switched network Maint: lioux@FreeBSD.org B-deps: R-deps: WWW: http://www.cs.inf.ethz.ch/CoPs/patagonia/dolly.html Port: dolly+-0.93 Path: /usr/ports/sysutils/dolly+ Info: Improved version of dolly harddisk/partition network clone utility Maint: lioux@FreeBSD.org B-deps: R-deps: WWW: http://corvus.kek.jp/~manabe/pcf/dolly/ If you label, fdisk and slice the 2nd disk identically to the first, I'd think dd would be easy, a la `dd if=/dev/ad0s1 of=/dev/ad1s1` and so on. I've done something similar to what you describe by setting up the new disk via sysinstall and piping my partitions through tar, but I don't recall it being an immensely satisfying experience. Kevin Kinsey
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