Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 16:19:53 -0500 From: "Craig Deal" <craig@advantagecomputer.biz> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Replacing a failing HD Message-ID: <200510181619968.SM01300@craiglaptop> In-Reply-To: <4345FE94.7010901@adelphia.net>
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> > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > This is what I have done in the past. > > dd if=/dev/da0 of=/dev/da1 bs=8192b > > where da0 is the disk you want to copy and da1 is the new, > blank disk. > I should also mention that it is wise to do this in single > user mode. I actually have read this somewhere and > understand the point of it, but I must also say that I have > done it both ways and they have both worked. > YMMV I would have to say it is all dependant and what you > have running. > > I have done this too many times to count and it is very easy. > > peace, > Bob > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > I tried this and got the following error: ad0: FAILURE - READ_DMA status=51<READY,DSC,ERROR> error=40<UNCORRECTABLE> LBA=8387712 Any ideas what the problem might be? Do the hard drives have to be identical? One is a 30Gb and the other is a 60GB. Thanks, Craig
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