Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2009 09:59:19 +0200 From: Ruben de Groot <mail25@bzerk.org> To: insrc <informatique.src@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how to do a live migration of a freebsd box to another box with rsync Message-ID: <20090706075919.GB78371@ei.bzerk.org> In-Reply-To: <98be5f7b0907050918k3b316120t491ddd5257be24f3@mail.gmail.com> References: <98be5f7b0907050918k3b316120t491ddd5257be24f3@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sun, Jul 05, 2009 at 06:18:03PM +0200, insrc typed: > Hi, > I'm used to migrate GNU/Linux system from one box to another by booting the > second box with a liveCD (like systemrescueCD for example) and by copying > the "/" filesystem (using the ssh transport) with rsync. > I would like to do the same for BSD system but i have two issues: > - as the UFS write support is still experimental in the Linux kernel, it > seems that i've to use a BSD liveCD but i can't find one :-/ I heard about > frenzy ( http://frenzy.org.ua/en/ ) but the homepage says that the project > is no longer maintained ! > - i'm wondering how to restore the bootloader after copying the files on the > second box. On linux, i can use the grub-install script to do the job but > i'm a bit lost on FreeBSD :-) Assuming you install on the first slice of the first disk (ad0s1), to install the bootloader and bootstrap code: fdisk -B ad0 bsdlabel -B ad0s1 Ruben
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