I don't think cp -R copies the boot block.  I suppose I could put that on
separately, tho, as you mention.

raid is also beyond my wizard level!

Thanks  -Mike


On Tue, 22 May 2001, Nigel Reed wrote:

> Date: Tue, 22 May 2001 17:44:46 -0500
> From: Nigel Reed <nigel@nelgin.nu>
> To: Mike Cheponis <mac@Wireless.Com>
> Cc: netbsd-help@netbsd.org
> Subject: Re: Copying root fs ?
>
> What's wrong with cp -R ?
>
> FWIW, I did a very similar dd to this the other day and something blew
> away my root filesystem (and I didn't get the dd command mixed up). The
> machine was running X so I couldn't check for a panic. Just make sure
> you have a set of bootable floppies and then you can install your boot
> blocks and recopy your FS.
>
> The other option may be to use the raid tools to make a mirror copy
> but that's beyond my knowledge.
>
> Regards
> Nigel