----- Original Message ----- From: "Dru" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2003 11:54 AM
> Can anyone describe or point me to resources explaining why it is > dangerous to dd a filesystem while it is mounted? Is it still considered > to be dangerous if the system is first dropped down to single-user mode? I'm guessing between this thread and your "unmounting /" thread that you're attempting to duplicate your root drive? I just tried this in single user mode a few days ago with dd and it didn't work. The resulting file system was "dirty" so I used 'fsck' to clean it. The results were a complete unusable mess. I tried another method described in my thread "Trouble Adding New Boot Drive" but couldn't quite get it right. However I think I'm overlooking something quite simple. You might like to look over the steps I took and see if they make sense. Then if you get it to work, I'd be most appreciative if you'd let me know what I missed. I'll send the message to you if you want. Good Luck! Drew _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
