Subject: Re: need to duplicate a hard drive
To: Chris Cameron <chris@onemind.com>
From: None <collver1@attbi.com>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 07/22/2002 12:42:13
On Mon, Jul 22, 2002 at 11:17:25AM -0400, Chris Cameron wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have a drive that is failing that I need to copy all the data from before
> it dies... I have an absolutely identical drive to copy it to (same model
> #,etc)
> 
> I've tried dd if=/dev/wd0c of =/dev/wd1c (where wd0 is the old drive and wd1
> is the new)
> 
> But I get the error message 'device /dev/wd0c not configured'.
> 
> Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Just a stab in the dark, have you tried /dev/wd?d

Also, it would be better to fdisk/disklabel/newfs/installboot wd1, then
dump|restore from the old disk to the new disk.

Ben