i'm trying to use rsync to mirror my server boot volume to another disk of the same size (120gb) on the same machine: % sudo rsync -avxuH --delete --progress /./ /volumes/cbc.server2/ although all of the files from the source volume appear to copy to the destination, if i try to boot from the destination volume the system doesn't recognize it as a bootable disk. anyone have any clues as to what i might be doing wrong? thanx in advance -- Tony Alexander Systems Administrator Center for Biodiversity and Conservation American Museum of Natural History Central Park West at 79th Street New York, NY 10024 Work: (212) 496-3474 Mobile: (917) 548-0560 Fax: (212) 769-5292 http://research.amnh.org/biodiversity
On Mon, Jul 07, 2003 at 10:20:29AM -0400, Tony Alexander wrote:> i'm trying to use rsync to mirror my server boot volume to another > disk of the same size (120gb) on the same machine: > > % sudo rsync -avxuH --delete --progress /./ /volumes/cbc.server2/ > > although all of the files from the source volume appear to copy to > the destination, if i try to boot from the destination volume the > system doesn't recognize it as a bootable disk. > > anyone have any clues as to what i might be doing wrong?Not an rsync problem. It is an issue of the bootstrap sequence which is entirely OS specific. -- ________________________________________________________________ J.W. Schultz Pegasystems Technologies email address: jw@pegasys.ws Remember Cernan and Schmitt
Hello Just copying does not make a disk a boot disk. This needs a boot block to be added to the disk Incase of a Solaris OS type in the following installboot /usr/platform/`uname -i`/lib/fs/ufs/bootblk /dev/rdsk/c1t0d0s0 (Example only) -Sudar -----Original Message----- From: rsync-bounces+sudar=synopsys.com@lists.samba.org [mailto:rsync-bounces+sudar=synopsys.com@lists.samba.org]On Behalf Of Tony Alexander Sent: Monday, July 07, 2003 7:20 To: rsync@lists.samba.org Subject: problems mirroring a disk i'm trying to use rsync to mirror my server boot volume to another disk of the same size (120gb) on the same machine: % sudo rsync -avxuH --delete --progress /./ /volumes/cbc.server2/ although all of the files from the source volume appear to copy to the destination, if i try to boot from the destination volume the system doesn't recognize it as a bootable disk. anyone have any clues as to what i might be doing wrong? thanx in advance -- Tony Alexander Systems Administrator Center for Biodiversity and Conservation American Museum of Natural History Central Park West at 79th Street New York, NY 10024 Work: (212) 496-3474 Mobile: (917) 548-0560 Fax: (212) 769-5292 http://research.amnh.org/biodiversity -- To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html