Re: Clone Solaris 8 Hard Drive

From: CJT (abujlehc_at_prodigy.net)
Date: 10/25/03 

Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2003 06:46:54 GMT

"Michael Vilain " wrote:

> In article <3F99FE18.2010100@prodigy.net>, CJT <abujlehc@prodigy.net>
> wrote:
>
>
>>>Does anyone know of a good way to clone a unix solaris 8 hard drive.
>>>
>>>I need to clone a 4.3 gb and possible use a 9.1 gb for the target.
>>>
>>>Any ideals would be great help
>>
>>man dd
>
>
> dd would work fine for a copy between 2 identical disks with the same
> geometry. I don't think it would be very good for the 4.3->9.1 image.
> Use tape backup and restore for each slice.
>
That would work, too. But you could also follow dd with format and
growfs. 

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