From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 17 05:17:29 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 38B811065673 for ; Sat, 17 Jan 2009 05:17:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tajudd@gmail.com) Received: from rv-out-0506.google.com (rv-out-0506.google.com [209.85.198.232]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E8718FC40 for ; Sat, 17 Jan 2009 05:17:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tajudd@gmail.com) Received: by rv-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id b25so1968655rvf.43 for ; Fri, 16 Jan 2009 21:17:28 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=533HTzxmjtPRbQv8i7guPM6hm7WqkAFfBXjmussTW5c=; b=ovcR9pDPyVYRZ56TRLHeoI5j6Y5qak59fqcDrZAh7Telhr53GmvTTWy6JuxZMX0sGF wDwTzTrgHivQHlsRs32JpZwyS4/a1+Fse8gZqfhJ8URNzgxiRsUj0LI8qw6Wy71c0PqP HsYBm1wJxTIjOSYJnXoO4tTS2Ouyaf1o86QVg= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject :references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=ePJFvS4gvaBhnHbjavHrOYrx+t/kGVxGn5SDouMB+J9gqWc5cKlh7UjeWhDMLMVxpC dEyGj4VpbC/tWhFQQq1w+yg6jIlRP+Fuuars98xfd5mrDr2X2jAUV/RnSh4ymR7lL8vl t43830383jMdm2wEeJnxmIbxFrvn7bx2sfVAY= Received: by 10.140.132.3 with SMTP id f3mr1610528rvd.21.1232169448133; Fri, 16 Jan 2009 21:17:28 -0800 (PST) Received: from ?192.168.4.70? (c-68-35-57-46.hsd1.nm.comcast.net [68.35.57.46]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id k2sm4308544rvb.6.2009.01.16.21.17.25 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Fri, 16 Jan 2009 21:17:26 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <497169FC.3040705@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 22:17:48 -0700 From: Tim Judd User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (Windows/20081209) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Grant Peel References: <9F57CF00DDE541E69F500E26B652DDED@GRANTPC> <20090107205826.GA93439@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> <496C3032.9060003@gmail.com> <20090113153603.GA23181@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> <496CB754.8020502@thenetnow.com> In-Reply-To: <496CB754.8020502@thenetnow.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Jerry McAllister , FreeBSD Questions List Subject: Re: Replace SCSI Drive X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2009 05:17:29 -0000 Grant Peel wrote: > Jerry McAllister wrote: >> On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 11:09:54PM -0700, Tim Judd wrote: >> >> >>> >>> >>> Not to be presumptious, or rude, but I've read the first part of this >>> thread (a bit late, yes) and I'm just confused. >>> >>> If you're going to go so far as to prep the drive at home, before >>> driving to the NOC, with a unrunnable OS on a labeled disk, it seems >>> silly. >>> >>> I propose: >>> Do a typical install of FreeBSD 6.4/7.1 on this disk. Let it be >>> as full as to boot an operating system (but maybe skip out on the >>> networking blah blah setups). >>> Bring this (verified) bootable disk to the NOC, install it as da0 >>> Move the old, 73GB failing disk to da1 >>> Boot the Dell, maybe running in single-user mode >>> You've got a pristine format (or pristine enough) to restore the >>> filesystems on top of it. >>> Rebooting with da0 again to see if your network settings, >>> startup, apps, etc etc etc all start as appropriate. >>> >>> Only if this method fails, do you use the Fixit CD and "fix it" >>> >> >> This is good, especially if he wants to upgrade to the next >> version of FreeBSD at the same time. >> >> But IIRC the problem is not that the OS currently on the disk does >> not work, but that there are some problems with the disk itself - but >> that it is still readable. It is more about replacing the >> disk with another presumed more reliable than the current one. >> So, in that case, it is much easier to take the few minutes to >> build the disk slice & partitions and then just do the dump/restores >> than to build everything new and then hand pick the things he wants >> to save from the old disk. >> But, if an upgrade is done at the same time - probably a good idea >> actually - then that hand picking will be done anyway, so might as >> well do it as you say. I took it straight from his original >> question rather than from the notion of doing an upgrade along the way. >> >> ////jerry >> >> >> >>> Am I crazy to think this is the more logical, more straightforward >>> way to perform this migration? If Grant has already done the job, >>> more power to him, but I just found it a little confusing that one >>> would label a drive, format it, and possibly spend more time with the >>> slower CD-ROM based Fixit than running off a nice, new 10k/15k RPM >>> drive to drive everything. >>> >>> If my method above is failing a point, I'd be more than happy to hear >>> your statements and correct my procedures for it. My method above >>> has only one tricky part, is to restore the 'a' partition from >>> olddrive to newdrive. -- and that is probably a piece of cake. >>> >>> >>> Grant, good luck (if you haven't done it yet). >>> >>> --Tim >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >> "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> >> >> > Hi Jerry, > > Since you original reply to my email is still my prefered method, could > you please resent it (if you have a copy in your sent items mailbox). I > am wrestling with Thunderbird (on freebsd) to import all my email > folders from OE, with no success). > > I do understand all the various methods though and thanks to all for the > replies! > > -Grant You can visit the mail archives. just attach the .txt file to an email to yourself.