Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2005 19:57:30 +0100 From: Anthony Atkielski <atkielski.anthony@wanadoo.fr> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What's an easy way to replace a drive? Message-ID: <1473492382.20050324195730@wanadoo.fr> In-Reply-To: <b91c3de005032322496585846c@mail.gmail.com> References: <1735169762.20050324050924@wanadoo.fr> <b91c3de005032322496585846c@mail.gmail.com>
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Gary Smithe writes: > May not be the best answer, but if the drive's data is still intact > (i.e. readable) and the replacement will be identical, maybe try DD or > similar from a bootable "rescue" cd, like freesbie? If not that, then > you may be able to copy the data between the 2 drives using same said > bootable CD after creating the partitions. Is it possible to dd the entire contents of one drive into a single file on another drive (assuming the latter drive is big enough)? If so, I could save time by just copying the drive wholesale to a huge file on another drive, replacing it, then copying everything back. Not sure if "whole drive" would include content outside the FS, though (?). -- Anthony
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