Date: Mon, 05 Nov 2007 14:20:57 +0000 From: James <jamesh@lanl.gov> To: Sean Murphy <smurphy@calarts.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Help Failing Disk Problem Message-ID: <1194272457.44119.3.camel@secretariat.lanl.gov> In-Reply-To: <472F74A9.9090400@calarts.edu> References: <472F74A9.9090400@calarts.edu>
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On Mon, 2007-11-05 at 11:53 -0800, Sean Murphy wrote: > I have a FreeBSD 6.2 Release box with a single ide that has user data > and the FreeBSD OS on a hard disk that is failing. I need advice on the > best way to clone the entire disk (or at least the data) onto a larger > ide disk drive, then pull the failing disk and replace it with the > clone. What is the best way in FreeBSD to do that? > > Thanks The best way is to do it regularly before the hard drive is failing. Given that you haven't done that, there're a few methods. I'm a big fan of rsync, which is the nectar of the gods, but a lot of folks seem to prefer dd for this kind of thing. There was a thread not long ago about how best to duplicate a drive. James
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