Date: Fri, 30 Apr 1999 10:54:27 -0500 From: "Jonathan E. Lyons" <parrothd@midwest.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Moving OS to a new disk Message-ID: <199904301548.KAA29338@cdale3.midwest.net>
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Use a program called ghost.exe, we use it all the time to make exact copies of harddrives, no matter what format the drive is in, You'll need a dos bootdisk ,and I think they still have a 30 day demo version... Later As always make backups first...hehehe At 11:24 AM 4/30/99 -0700, you wrote: >I have a system (2.2.8S/CAM) in which the primary hard drive has become >flaky (it powers itself down periodically). This drive contains all the >OS. > >I have a second identical drive, and my thought to ease replacement is to >install the second drive as da1 (SCSI ID 1; the existing drive is da0/ID >0), partition it identically, and transfer everything from the old drive. >I'd then remove the old drive, and jumper the new drive as SCSI ID 0 and >have it appear as da0. > >Do I need to change the disklabel on the new drive or do anything else in >changing the SCSI ID - that is, is the device name embedded in the label, >etc.? > > >What is the best way to make a literal copy of the old drive on the new? >I've found that tar doesn't copy all the device nodes properly (it says >"minor number too large; not dumped" for many devices). I'm assuming I >would temporarily mount the new drive as say /new and so the root >filesystem would have to be transferred to /new , etc. Jonathan E. Lyons FreeBSD parrothd@midwest.net MCP, MCSE, A+ Certified http://parrothd.midwest.net/ ICQ # 14226912 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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