Date: Thu, 30 Apr 1998 22:17:16 -0500 From: David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net> To: William Woods <wwoods@cybcon.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Transfering Syatem Message-ID: <199805010317.WAA21786@nospam.hiwaay.net> In-Reply-To: Message from William Woods <wwoods@cybcon.com> of "Thu, 30 Apr 1998 14:38:46 PDT." <3548EF66.8FFC42F@cybcon.com>
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William Woods writes: > > Can I just copy it all over? Or would it be easier to just have a fresh > install of FreeBSD ion the new 8 gig drive? Its not all that painfull to do a fresh install. Plus if you remount the old drive at a new mount point (/mnt is good, or /old ...) then you can simply copy your precious stuff to the new. Another thing to consider: there is nothing like a fresh install to remind you of exactly what and where *is* your precious stuff. If you decide to copy, look into "pax -rw", which appears to be the most accurate painless way to move lots of files, devices, links, and symlinks. -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@nospam.hiwaay.net ===================================================================== The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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