Date: 21 Feb 2004 09:41:19 -0500 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: Tig <tigger@onemoremonkey.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: [FAQ pointer] Re: Copy old drive to new drive - is it possible? Message-ID: <443c94cx68.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <20040221213841.76391b1c@piglet.goo> References: <20040221213841.76391b1c@piglet.goo>
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Tig <tigger@onemoremonkey.com> writes: > 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? "How do I move my system over to my huge new disk?" http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/disks.html#NEW-HUGE-DISK
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