Date: Thu, 6 Oct 2005 22:25:10 -0500 From: "Craig Deal" <craig@advantagecomputer.biz> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Replacing a failing HD Message-ID: <200510062225687.SM01332@craiglaptop> In-Reply-To: <4343CCBE.9040108@adelphia.net>
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> -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Bob Ababurko > Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 7:53 AM > To: Charlie Schluting; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: Replacing a failing HD > > Yes, I guess I should mention that the drives were on the > same machine, actually the same bus and/or channel. I have > also done this on Solaris. > I believe it was Solaris 8, but it works just the same. I > am not sure if it would work over a network. Just make sure > you dd the disk as a whole as in /dev/daX and not by the slice. > > -Bob > > > Charlie Schluting wrote: > >>I have used dd to image a drive many times before in freebsd. It > >>works like a champion and will boot up just fine. I may have > >>misunderstood your mail but if not then it will work. > >> > > > > > > Well, maybe my weird "over ssh calling a setuid program > that calls a > > script" dd was flawed somehow. I'll do it again with both drives in > > the same machine. > > > > Thanks for the response! Hope it's ok to continue this thread, but can you explain in more detail how to use dd to copy a HD. I read "man dd" and was unable to figure out how this is done. Thanks, Craig
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