Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2017 06:27:22 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 11.0-RELEASE-p7 i386 system drive imaging and migration Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.20.1701290622500.13432@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <df0c81d7-fd2b-852f-4007-5fb4b24100e0@holgerdanske.com> References: <df0c81d7-fd2b-852f-4007-5fb4b24100e0@holgerdanske.com>
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On Sat, 28 Jan 2017, David Christensen wrote: > What is the proper way to clone a FreeBSD system image from one drive to > another? On encrypted ZFS? I'm not sure there is a brute-force way that is trustworthy. Using higher-level commands to recreate the partitions, GELI encryption, and then zfs send | recv are certain safer and won't duplicate supposedly unique IDs. > What is the proper way to move a HDD or SSD with a FreeBSD system image from > one computer to another computer? Provided the binaries have not been optimized for one CPU, just move the drive. Disk drive names can change, which is not a problem when labels are used. Ethernet interface names can change. If there is only one interface, use ifconfig_DEFAULT in /etc/rc.conf.
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