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Date:      Mon, 10 Dec 2001 17:52:41 -0500 (EST)
From:      Scott Nolde <scott@smnolde.com>
To:        Darryl Hoar <darryl@osborne-ind.com>
Cc:        <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Copy a running system
Message-ID:  <20011210175057.J11620-100000@bsd.smnolde.com>
In-Reply-To: <001401c181bb$58090c60$0701a8c0@darryl>

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If the hard drives are identical then dd would be the best answer.
However, not knowing that I'll refer you to this:
http://www.mostgraveconcern.com/freebsd/bigdisk.html

This method works well yet does require some attention to the disklabel
part.

- Scott

smacked into the keyboard previously by owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG:

 >Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2001 14:43:36 -0600
 >From: Darryl Hoar <darryl@osborne-ind.com>
 >To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
 >Subject: Copy a running system
 >
 >Greetings,
 >I tediously setup a 4.4-stable box as
 >a firewall/router, etc.  I have it just
 >the way I want it.  I have two other boxes
 >a little different hardware) and was wondering
 >if I could copy the setup from my running firewall
 >to the other two boxes, then just tweak the differences?
 >This would save a BOATLOAD of time.
 >
 >thanks in advance,
 >Darryl
 >
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