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Date:      Sat, 9 Oct 2010 06:33:23 -0700 (PDT)
From:      =?iso-8859-1?Q?D=E1nielisz_L=E1szl=F3?= <laszlo_danielisz@yahoo.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: migrate system disk
Message-ID:  <467646.97510.qm@web30804.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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ok, solved!=0A=0Add if=3D/dev/0 of=3D/dev/ad6 (new hdd) bs=3D512 count=3D10=
24=0Aboot from old hdd=0Anewfs /dev/ad6s1a (new hdd)=0Amc -> copy /old_hdd =
excluding /dev /proc /mnt /tmp=0Aboot new hdd=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A_______________=
_________________=0AFrom: D=E1nielisz L=E1szl=F3 <laszlo_danielisz@yahoo.co=
m>=0ATo: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org=0ASent: Sat, October 9, 2010 11:34:1=
8 AM=0ASubject: Re: migrate system disk=0A=0A=0A=0AOkay, I give up! I try t=
he whole thing like 20 times and still not working.=0AI'm not able to boot =
from the new device, it always says:=0AFreeBSD/i386 boot=0ADefault: 0: ad(0=
,a)/boot/kernel/kernel=0Aboot:=0ANo /boot/kernel/kernel=0A=0ADo you have an=
y other idea?=0Aps: Yes I set the bootflag in sysinstall -> fdisk and I do =
pressed 'w' to write =0Athe changes, it says is ok.=0A=0A=0A=0A____________=
____________________=0AFrom: Edward <myself@rdtan.net>=0ATo: D=E1nielisz L=
=E1szl=F3 <laszlo_danielisz@yahoo.com>=0ACc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org=
=0ASent: Thu, September 23, 2010 3:37:42 AM=0ASubject: Re: migrate system d=
isk=0A=0A=0A> I have an old HDD which should be replaced soon, actually tha=
t HDD stands as my =0A>=0A>=0A> system disk, what is your suggesion, how sh=
ould I migrate the FreeBSD 8.1 from =0A=0A=0A> the old disk to the new one?=
=0A=0AI've used to do this a lot for server hardware migration, moving from=
 1=0Aserver to another new server. This blog post recorded what I tried & d=
id :=0Ahttp://scratching.psybermonkey.net/2010/01/freebsd-backup-and-restor=
e-freebsd.html=0A=0A=0A=0ACheck it out,=0AEdward.=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A___________=
____________________________________=0Afreebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailin=
g list=0Ahttp://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions=0ATo u=
nsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"=0A=
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