Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2009 05:08:05 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: PJ <af.gourmet@videotron.ca> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: backups & cloning Message-ID: <20090930050805.7f9d7252.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <4AC2C104.7090206@videotron.ca> References: <4AC29BE6.4000505@videotron.ca> <20090930023051.cff2b0b4.freebsd@edvax.de> <4AC2C104.7090206@videotron.ca>
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Forgot to mention this: On Tue, 29 Sep 2009 22:23:00 -0400, PJ <af.gourmet@videotron.ca> wrote: > 1. will the s1a slice dump the entire system, that is, the a, d, e, f > and g slices or is it partitions? The ad0s1 slice (containing the a, d, e, f and g partitions) can be copied 1:1 with dd. By using dump + restore, the partitions need to be copied after another. In each case, the entire system will be copied. For this purpose, even the long lasting # dd if=/dev/ad0 of=/dev/da0 bs=1m # dd if=/dev/ad0 of=/dev/da0 bs=512 count=1 method can be used. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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