From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Feb 21 10:41:04 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4FCE016A4CE for ; Sat, 21 Feb 2004 10:41:04 -0800 (PST) Received: from clunix.cl.msu.edu (clunix.cl.msu.edu [35.9.2.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A02CA43D1F for ; Sat, 21 Feb 2004 10:41:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu) Received: (from jerrymc@localhost) by clunix.cl.msu.edu (8.11.7p1+Sun/8.11.7) id i1LIf1r15164; Sat, 21 Feb 2004 13:41:01 -0500 (EST) From: Jerry McAllister Message-Id: <200402211841.i1LIf1r15164@clunix.cl.msu.edu> To: tigger@onemoremonkey.com (Tig) Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2004 13:41:01 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <20040221213841.76391b1c@piglet.goo> from "Tig" at Feb 21, 2004 09:38:41 PM X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL2] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Copy old drive to new drive - is it possible? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2004 18:41:04 -0000 > > 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? Sure - if you can put the new drive in a second slot. and if nothing dynamically changing must be preserved. Probably doing it in single is enough to handle this. FDISK and disklabel the new drive as needed with Boot Manager/MBR and boot blocks included as needed. mount the file systems on the new drive to temporary mount points use dump piped to restore to move files from old drive to the new Swap the drives so the new one is in the boot slot reboot. Read and understand the fdisk and disklabel man pages before you get started. ////jerry > > Tips, URL's or a simple 'from personal experience, best to reinstall' > comments more than welcome. > > Thanks for your time. > > -Tig > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >