Copy disk image from one disk to another in Solaris 2.5
Basically there are 2 methods that have been suggested: use "dd" or
"ufsdump"
Specically, Zivko Margetic was very generous giving me a complete & detailed
answer, thank you very much.
Here they are:
I. From Zivko Margetic.
1. Make new partition & format (use format & newfs)
2. Mount newly created partition #mount /dev/dsk/c0t0d0s0 /mnt
3. ufsdump and ufsrestore to copy
#ufsdump 0bf - /dev/where/from | (cd /mnt; ufsrestore xf -)
4. install bootblock
#/usr/sbin/installboot /usr/lib/fs/ufs/bootblk /dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s0
5. Mount new file system
#mount /dev/dsk/c0t0d0s0 /mnt
6. change /etc/vfstab
7. record new boot device
#ls -l c0t0d0s0
/iommu&f,e0000000/sbus&f,e0001000/espdma&f,400000/esp&f,800000/sd&0,0:a
8. shutdown
9. setup new boot device
ok nvalias disk00
/iommu&f,e0000000/sbus&f,e0001000/espdma&f,400000/esp&f,800000/sd&0,0:a
ok nvstore
ok setenv boot-device disk00
ok setenv diag-device disk00
ok boot
II. use dd
dd if=/dev/from/where of=/dev/to/where
Again thanks all,
s.q.
