In message: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Patrick Tracanelli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: : : >> I heard its faster if you use two dd's; i.e: : >> : >> # dd if=/dev/ad0 bs=64k | dd of=/dev/ad1 bs=64k : >> : >> allowing read and write to proceed in parallel. : > : > : > that's what ddd and 'team' are for. : > I don't know if ddd is in the ports as it may clash inname with teh : > debugger ddd : > They internally fork and use several processes synchronised in some manner. : : Isn't dump+restore and a couple of fdisk+bsdlabel trick to copy the : source partitioning a better choice to "clone" this HDD?
Yes. That's what I *ALWAYS* do, because hard drives are never the exact same size. fdisk -I makes the fdisk part easy. bsdlabel -R makes the disklabel cloning relatively painless. dump + restore is slow but reliabe. Warner _______________________________________________ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"