Date: Fri, 30 Apr 1999 14:00:06 -0400 From: "Alok K. Dhir" <adhir@forumone.com> To: "Aron Green" <agreen@pobox.com>, "Jonathan E. Lyons" <parrothd@midwest.net> Cc: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Moving OS to a new disk Message-ID: <001301be9333$478d2480$5438b5d8@net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9904301354140.41729-100000@sheep.pinkle.com>
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Easiest thing to do is format the 8 gigger the way you want it, allocating as much space to /, /usr and /var as you need. Then copy all the files on your 4 gig to the appropriate places on the 8, and install a MBR on the 8 (using disklabel). Then pull the 4 and go to town. Al > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Aron Green > Sent: Friday, April 30, 1999 1:55 PM > To: Jonathan E. Lyons > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: Moving OS to a new disk > > > Have you tried this with different SIZE drives? I have a 4 gig drive I'd > like to copy to an 8 gig.. I'd actually like to resize /usr too.. anyone > have any decent suggestions? > > Aron > > > On Fri, 30 Apr 1999, Jonathan E. Lyons wrote: > > > 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 > > > > 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 > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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