From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 18 02:26:00 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5270B106566B for ; Fri, 18 Feb 2011 02:26:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from xnooby@gmail.com) Received: from mail-bw0-f54.google.com (mail-bw0-f54.google.com [209.85.214.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CE0A08FC15 for ; Fri, 18 Feb 2011 02:25:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bwz12 with SMTP id 12so3117625bwz.13 for ; Thu, 17 Feb 2011 18:25:58 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=8q9KF3sPrp4IPUOG5RcXq/OlGfV5jQa0OTBrvJsKIKM=; b=Sd0vzt0eXDTtYL5PxQUA6Rq1SnvORNzGI4gSx0ql80zATTllXZcY6CwcMHPAgxpxn8 8kNFEnlt/EId9w3KFkU16GnJEjfSDTtcqvaHYHq1e4NyfKBctY+4ADZmc/rbrNrXfhiC CeioP0Zb+PCmA6rXaVC8VAdDCUsmaFVvmOiNc= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=bHYXkXzWihYZqWVgTFaylRGmhmTRBpjaGiQWrt6mVz07HvTFdnOm9CIPZyy26FmcKd 7t7RzJxLKGM3guXls+xGKitkA+55PL9i79puFfFmI5AqLaKthsR2XHFVycMD75xEddnY bFRrQH+y+htxNpNhrqkVr96D+M16VBHx+RzGo= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.64.139 with SMTP id e11mr137599bki.97.1297995958009; Thu, 17 Feb 2011 18:25:58 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.204.73.213 with HTTP; Thu, 17 Feb 2011 18:25:57 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <4D5AA85E.6070807@janh.de> Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2011 21:25:57 -0500 Message-ID: From: Xn Nooby To: Warren Block Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: Jan Henrik Sylvester , questions-list freebsd Subject: Re: What is the best way to image copy a FreeBSD system? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2011 02:26:00 -0000 Wow, that article is just what I was looking for! I will check out your other articles too. Thanks! On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 12:33 AM, Warren Block wrote: > On Wed, 16 Feb 2011, Xn Nooby wrote: > >> I downloaded the "alternative testing" ubuntu-based version of >> Clonezilla, and it appeared to backup my FreeBSD machine. It >> identified my filesystem as UFS. =A0I will wipe the drive and try a >> restore later tonight. =A0 It said it was backing up 30GB of files, >> which seemed odd for a fresh install. =A0The backup was 7.5GB. =A0 There >> is a lot of good info in this thread, so I will be experimenting with >> the various methods discussed. It sounds like I really need to learn >> about dump/restore. > > Pardon if I've mentioned this already, but I have an article called "Back= up > Options For FreeBSD" at http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/docs/html/backup.h= tml > > It covers variations of dump/restore, and also mentions Clonezilla and dd > and their advantages and disadvantages. =A0Feedback welcome. >