Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2000 17:51:05 -0600 (CST) From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: Christoph Sold <so@server.i-clue.de> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Making a copy of a existing drive Message-ID: <14914.38761.779204.865957@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <46458869@toto.iv>
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Christoph Sold <so@server.i-clue.de> types: > Mark Saldanha schrieb: > > Okay...I have a 9 gb drive on a PC running FreeBSD. I have added or mounted > > a 20gb Drive now and I want to make a copy of the first disk so that I can > > remove it and use the 20gb as the only drive. I have tried using dd but not > > sure of the exact command that I should use. > Since the hint I gave wasn't enough to point you in the right direction, > - - search the mailing list archive (http://www.freebsd.org/mail/) for > "cloning disks" > - - be aware you have to tune the cloned drive by hand to get larger > capacity into freebsd > - - try dd if=/dev/rad0 of=/dev/rad1 to clone the drive. Read up on the > mailing list what this does, or you _will_ shoot yourself in your own > foot. There's a FAQ entry on moving a system to a new large disk. It pretty much summarizes what's you'll find in the mail archvies. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Unix/FreeBSD consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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