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Date:      Thu, 9 Jan 2003 16:48:22 +0100 (MET)
From:      Paul Everlund <tdv94ped@cs.umu.se>
To:        Mike <massey@rmci.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Drive Image / Cloning
Message-ID:  <Pine.GSO.4.44.0301091646170.15874-100000@kvist.cs.umu.se>
In-Reply-To: <002c01c2b7ef$c3fcda30$0500a8c0@data>

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On Thu, 9 Jan 2003, Mike wrote:

> Hi All
>
> What's a good way to clone / Image to another HD? I have 3 boxes that
> are the same and I have one that is done and ready and want to copy that
> install to the others.
>
> Cheers
>
> M;)

# /bin/dd if=/dev/ad4 of=/dev/ad6 bs=16384

This I use in a cron-job to make an exact copy of my drive every
month. You might have to change the ad4 and ad6.

You should probably read 'man dd' before using it.

Best regards,
Paul


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