From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Apr 29 05:25:46 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id FAA14931 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 29 Apr 1998 05:25:46 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mailhost.tue.nl (mailhost.tue.nl [131.155.2.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id FAA14919 for ; Wed, 29 Apr 1998 05:25:38 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from J.G.E.Backus@tue.nl) Received: from asterix.urc.tue.nl [131.155.5.10] by mailhost.tue.nl (8.8.8) for id OAA09777 (ESMTP). Wed, 29 Apr 1998 14:25:35 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from jbackus@localhost by asterix.urc.tue.nl (8.8.8) for questions@FreeBSD.ORG id OAA24753. Wed, 29 Apr 1998 14:25:34 +0200 (MDT) Message-ID: <19980429142533.B22538@asterix.urc.tue.nl> Date: Wed, 29 Apr 1998 14:25:33 +0200 From: Jos Backus To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How to make and exact image of an hard disk! References: <19980422110636.C7207@asterix.urc.tue.nl> <199804221806.OAA26238@stratos.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.92.1 In-Reply-To: <199804221806.OAA26238@stratos.net>; from drifter@stratos.net on Wed, Apr 22, 1998 at 02:06:19PM -0400 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, Apr 22, 1998 at 02:06:19PM -0400, drifter@stratos.net wrote: > > # dd if=/dev/rwd0c of=/dev/rwd1c > > Doesn't: > # cat /dev/rwd0c > /dev/rwd1c > > work as well? Or is that asking for trouble? It should work, yes. The advantage(?) of using dd is that you can specify a blocksize to use in order to speed up the copy. Then again, I'd take the dump|restore route over this approach any day if reliability is any issue at all. Cheers, -- Jos Backus _/ _/_/_/ "Reliability means never _/ _/ _/ having to say you're sorry." _/ _/_/_/ -- D. J. Bernstein _/ _/ _/ _/ jbackus@urc.tue.nl _/_/ _/_/_/ use Std::Disclaimer; To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message