On Tue, 29 Sep 2009 21:49:01 -0600 (MDT), Warren Block <[email protected]> wrote: > So usually I back up /, /var, and /usr to files > on a USB disk or sshfs. Then I switch to the new target system, booting > it with a FreeBSD disk and doing a minimal install. That makes sure the > MBR is installed, gives me a chance to set all the filesystem sizes, and > newfses them.
Similar here. In most cases, the FreeBSD live system is completely sufficient: run sysinstall, slice, boot loader, partitions, drop to shell; mount USB stick, restore from files located there. For automated cloning, there are good examples around that let you boot from DVD or USB stick / USB hard disk and automatically prepare the source disk, then restoring from files. This is a common method especially via SSH, so a local media is needed only for booting and maybe for preparing. > Then I restore from the dump files created earlier, over the running > system. First /usr, then /var, then /. On reboot, it's a clone. This means you bring up the minimal (installed) system first, then do the restore? Why not do it right after the basic steps of preparation right from the install CD? -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
