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Old 09-06-2005
dd vs. ufsdump / restore
I want to clone a disk, i have not done this yet, i think dd and ufsdump | ufsrestore are the most common two options i see documented on the internet.

Which one is better? pro's & kons?

Tnx!
# 2  
Old 09-06-2005
It's not really a question of better or worse, but rather of media or filesystem based.

I have a personal preference for the ufs(dump&&restore) because I would usually have dissimilar media.
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Old 09-07-2005
ufsrestore can be used to defragment a filesystem. (A minor advantage, maybe?)
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Old 09-07-2005
^^^ True, but then fragmentation is not usually a big issue on ufs.
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