In message: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Khaled Hussain" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: : Why does everyone talk about dump+restore as a pair? I thought it was : possible just to dump a filesystem to a different hard disk i.e. : dump -0a -f /dev/ad2 /
because that will create a dump file on ad2, not a filesystem that can be read by the kernel. : Also, how can I find out which /boot/boot# file a freebsd system is using by : default? I don't understand that question. Warner : Kind Regards : : Khaled : : > -----Original Message----- : > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] : > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of M. Warner Losh : > Sent: 29 March 2006 05:04 : > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] : > Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org : > Subject: Re: cloning a FreeBSD HDD : > : > : > 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]" : > : > ______________________________________________________________________ : > This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. : > For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email : > ______________________________________________________________________ : > : : _______________________________________________ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"