Date: Tue, 29 Jul 1997 20:38:25 +0100 From: Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org> To: Alfred Perlstein <perlsta@sunyit.edu> Cc: FreeBSD Hackers <freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: HD transfer? Message-ID: <199707291938.UAA20736@awfulhak.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 29 Jul 1997 05:24:37 -0000." <Pine.BSF.3.96.970729052237.17408A-100000@server.local.sunyit.edu>
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> I've been running a gateway/router on a failing 120meg hard drive for some
> time, i recently got a hold of a cheap 250 meg drive, is there a way to
> transfer my system to the drive without messing up the /dev directory and
> other stuff?
You can backup, install on the new disk and restore :) You can also
plug in the new disk, do an install onto it and then just tar/pax
from one disk to the other. Then you just have to swap the disks
around.
> Alfred
>
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