Date: Sun, 8 Jul 2001 20:08:17 -0600 (MDT) From: Ronald G Minnich <rminnich@lanl.gov> To: <freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: <mjacob@feral.com> Subject: Re: best way to migrate to a new disk Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0107082006140.25228-100000@white.acl.lanl.gov> In-Reply-To: <200107080627.f686RGJ76468@harmony.village.org>
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On Sun, 8 Jul 2001, Warner Losh wrote: > In message <Pine.BSF.4.21.0107071842230.58871-100000@beppo> Matthew Jacob writes: > : tar cfl - . | (cd /altroot/<local_fs> && tar xpf -) > > Don't use tar. It loses devices, can't handle holey files well and a > number of other minor clitches. Use dump instead. yes, tar is a horrible way to do this. newfs /dev/whatever mount /dev/whatever /new cd /new dump 0f - /dev/your-root-device | restore rf - At least that's how I do it ... ron To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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