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Date:      21 Feb 2004 09:41:19 -0500
From:      Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org>
To:        Tig <tigger@onemoremonkey.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   [FAQ pointer] Re: Copy old drive to new drive - is it possible?
Message-ID:  <443c94cx68.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
In-Reply-To: <20040221213841.76391b1c@piglet.goo>
References:  <20040221213841.76391b1c@piglet.goo>

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Tig <tigger@onemoremonkey.com> writes:

> Hi, I have a hard drive which is on its last legs. I also have new hard
> drive to replace the old one. I was wondering if it is possible to
> simply copy everything from the old drive to the new (after formating
> the new drive) and have my system back up and running, or do I need to
> reinstall the OS and everything else?

"How do I move my system over to my huge new disk?"
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/disks.html#NEW-HUGE-DISK



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