[SunRescue] best way to copy data between partitions

[Peter L. Wargo]

ufsdump 0f - | (cd <todir>; ufsrestore rf -)  or some variant.

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>Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2001 19:39:56 -0600
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>What's the suggested "best practices" way to move system partitions
>from one (failing) disk to another?  I dont want to have to ufsdump to
>tape then restore back; I'll have both drives online at once so I can
>just copy from one partition to another, installboot on the new /, 
>edit /etc/vfstab accordingly, power down, remove old disk, and reboot
>with new....
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>Bill (done this beofre, but I used tape as an intermediary step that
>time..)
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