Date: Wed, 29 Apr 1998 14:25:33 +0200 From: Jos Backus <J.G.E.Backus@urc.tue.nl> To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How to make and exact image of an hard disk! Message-ID: <19980429142533.B22538@asterix.urc.tue.nl> In-Reply-To: <199804221806.OAA26238@stratos.net>; from drifter@stratos.net on Wed, Apr 22, 1998 at 02:06:19PM -0400 References: <19980422110636.C7207@asterix.urc.tue.nl> <199804221806.OAA26238@stratos.net>
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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
_/ _/ _/ _/
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