Installing NetBSD from FreeBSD

[Al Zick <al%familysafeinternet.com@localhost>]

Hi,

I am really stumped by this. I was able to install NetBSD from a  
server that has CentOS on it without a problem. On a server that was  
already running NetBSD 7 (this server is using the kernelized  
raidframe with 2 SSD and larger storage drive). I changed the IP in  
ifconfig.wm0 and then ran dd if=/dev/wd1d | gzip -9 > /storage/ 
backup.img.gz  I then transferred the image to the server running  
CentOS (It had a large drive with CentOS on it and a SSD the exact  
same size as the drives in the NetBSD box). I first ran gunzip and  
then ran dd if=backup.img.gz of=/dev/hd1. It worked fine. I was able  
to reboot and it booted from the second drive. I then had someone at  
the data center put in another SSD the same as the others. Setup and  
rebuilt the first drive with raid and then had someone at the data  
center change the boot order so that it would boot from the first drive.

With FreeBSD, I did the same thing to create the image (dd if=/dev/ 
wd1d | gzip -9 > /storage/backup.img.gz). However, these servers  
already have the smaller SSDs in them, so I can't unzip the file  
first. I tried gunzip -c backup.img.gz | dd of=/dev/ada1 It really  
looks like it runs out of drive before it runs out of image. However,  
the SSDs are exactly the same as what is in both servers that are  
already running NetBSD and I used the image that was successful on  
the CentOS box. Does FreeBSD's dd work differently?

Kind Regards,
Al