Re: disk error / failure: need help! (smart failure predicted)

From: Viacheslav Voytovich (voytovich_slava_at_land.ru)
Date: 12/14/03

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    To: "Steve Bertrand" <iaccounts@northnetworks.ca>
Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2003 09:50:14 +0700

    Hi !

    Does it need that the disks have the same geometry?

    Slava

    ----- Original Message -----
    From: "Steve Bertrand" <iaccounts@northnetworks.ca>
    To: "Arie J. Gerszt" <arie@gerszt.ch>
    Cc: <freebsd-isp@freebsd.org>
    Sent: Friday, December 12, 2003 3:49 AM
    Subject: Re: disk error / failure: need help! (smart failure predicted)

    > > > At the moment the disk works (still). What is the easiest way to
    > > > copy everything from this disk to another new one (including boot
    > > > mgmr, mbr)
    > > >
    > > > the system has in total 3 disks, but only the first (the broken one)
    > > > is bootable.
    > > >
    > >
    > > Put in another disk drive temporarily, and since this is only a one time
    > > thing, you can use dd. Try to eliminate most, if not all access to the
    > > box:
    > >
    > > # dd if=/dev/ad0 of=/dev/ad4
    > >
    > > Substitute ad4 with the dev name of the temporary drive. Once dd is
    > > done, take out the primary disk and replace it with the new clone. Read
    > > man dd(8) as I don't know off the top of my head what the optimal
    > > options would be for dd in this case.
    > >
    >
    > I'm following a thread in questions right now, and I must agree with
    > some of the posts stating that using dd on the / filesystem could cause
    > grief if the partition is mounted. You may want to use a fixit floppy or
    > alternative boot method and then dd the disk to ensure no writes occur
    > whilst in transfer.
    >
    > Steve
    >
    >
    >
    > > Steve
    > >
    > > > thanks,
    > > > arie
    > > >
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