Date: Thu, 09 Feb 2006 14:36:18 -0600 From: Martin McCormick <martin@dc.cis.okstate.edu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Using dd to Make a Clone of a Drive Message-ID: <200602092036.k19KaIhn086956@dc.cis.okstate.edu>
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After installing FreeBSD5.4, the ISC dhcp server and ISC bind on a hard drive, I wanted to clone that drive to a second drive so as to generate a second server, using what I had already installed as a template. I used the following command: dd if=/dev/da0 of=/dev/da1 bs=512 It turns out that dd defaults to 512-byte blocks so I didn't really need the bs=512, but I am not sure I haven't made some other type of mistake. The dd command has been running for about 4 hours on a very fast system, with a 1-gig processor, 1 gig of RAM and two 31-GB drives. One would think it should have finished by now, but it is still running. Is this a valid method of copying the entire contents of one drive to another? Thank you. Martin McCormick WB5AGZ Stillwater, OK Systems Engineer OSU Information Technology Department Network Operations Grouphome | help
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