From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jan 1 23:16:05 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA19809 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 1 Jan 1999 23:16:05 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mail.ida.net (mail.ida.net [204.228.203.4]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA19774 for ; Fri, 1 Jan 1999 23:16:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from cookd@cs.byu.edu) Received: from dougcook (tc-if5-4.ida.net [208.141.175.13]) by mail.ida.net (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id AAA08158 for ; Sat, 2 Jan 1999 00:15:35 -0700 (MST) From: "Douglas Evan Cook" To: Subject: Transferring FreeBSD to another HD Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1999 00:14:04 -0700 Message-ID: <000001be361f$7b1348a0$0daf8dd0@dougcook> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 8.5, Build 4.71.2173.0 Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3155.0 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Cool! I got a new hard disk for Christmas, but now everyone is jealous and would like me to help them out by putting the old one in someone else's machine. I'm game, but I'm not sure how to approach transferring my installation of FreeBSD from one hard disk to the next. How is this done? I started out slicing up the drive to get the new setup: Old: 2 gig FAT 16 (Yeah, thems the breaks--can't live with MS, can't live without MS) 1 gig FreeBSD with default partitions 1 gig FAT 32 New: 2 gig FAT 16 1.5 gig FreeBSD with default partitions 4.5 gig FAT 32 Slicing was easy. And once I get FreeBSD done, it shouldn't be a big deal to get Windows over and the boot manager reinstalled. The only catch is FreeBSD, and I don't want to start the FAT transfer until all is well on the FreeBSD front. Any standard procedures or non-standard? I'm pretty familiar with the system, so don't worry if it is a painful process. Just let me in on all of the gory details, and I'll give it a shot. THANX! Please reply directly--I haven't subscribed to the list (although I really would like to, I know I would spend too much time on it, and I do have to keep my focus on the Microsoft side of the fence, since that is where my bread is buttered). =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Douglas E. Cook mailto:dec6@email.byu.edu http://students.cs.byu.edu/~cookd/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message