The basic steps to clone a SGI IRIX system hard disk are:

1. Use fx -x to wipe the drive and create a root drive, then resize the swap partition to something reasonable (2GB is what I use for a 9GB drive, don't use less that 600MB).
2. Use mkfs_xfs to create the file system.
3. Use dvhtool to put sash in the volume header. (Note that sash is not in /stand like the instructions say unless you put it there. Just copy it to disk from the live disk or installation CD).
4. Mount the new disk on a mount point like /mnt or /clone
5. xfsdump/xfsrestore the system disk.

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