Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2000 11:10:25 -0500 From: Bill Vermillion <bill@bilver.wjv.com> To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: dd + larger disk Message-ID: <20001206111025.A16633@wjv.com> In-Reply-To: <3A2E6E30.14565.702DCF@localhost>; from danny@i-p-d.nl on Wed, Dec 06, 2000 at 04:49:52PM %2B0100 References: <3A2E6E30.14565.702DCF@localhost>
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On Wed, Dec 06, 2000 at 04:49:52PM +0100, danny@i-p-d.nl thus spoke: > First of all dd works fine. > To make things more interesting: I have some machines with a 10 > GB harddisk. I do a dd to a 30 GB harddisk. The system works, > but only as a 10 GB harddisk. (all are dangerous created disks) Yup. Because you have copied ALL the information about that drive to then new drive. > When I try to add a slice and reboot (I do set the original slice as > bootable), I get the message that the partition doesn't work. Because of the same answer above. > When I set the disk as second behind the original one, I can delete > the slice and boot again from the new disk. I just can't get the > 20GB diskspace working. > I hope anyone can help me! Trying to save time sometimes takes more time. Build a minimal system on the new 30GB drive, and then tar/cpio/pax/whatever each directory structure over. -- Bill Vermillion - bv @ wjv . com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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