Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2005 00:49:42 -0600 From: Gary Smithe <gary.smithe@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What's an easy way to replace a drive? Message-ID: <b91c3de005032322496585846c@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <1735169762.20050324050924@wanadoo.fr> References: <1735169762.20050324050924@wanadoo.fr>
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On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 05:09:24 +0100, Anthony Atkielski <atkielski.anthony@wanadoo.fr> wrote: > The continuing problems I'm having with my SATA drives seem to center on > only one of the two drives, /dev/ad10, and since both drives are > identical (Western Digital WD1200JD 120-GB SATA drives), this is a good > indicator that the drive itself might be failing. So I've decided to > spend $83 and buy a replacement drive to see if that fixes the problem. > > Now, what's the easiest way to replace the drive? The drive I want to > replace contains only /var and /tmp. Are these mounted in single-user > mode? I was thinking perhaps I can just replace the drive, set up > identical slices on the new drive, then restore /var and /tmp from the > latest backup. Can I restore from tape in single-user mode? > > I don't have any extra connectors to which I can attach this drive > without removing one of the other drives, so I'm looking for a way to > fix it up by just removing the old drive and putting in the new one, > without the need to have both old and new drives online at the same > time. > > -- > Anthony > May not be the best answer, but if the drive's data is still intact (i.e. readable) and the replacement will be identical, maybe try DD or similar from a bootable "rescue" cd, like freesbie? If not that, then you may be able to copy the data between the 2 drives using same said bootable CD after creating the partitions. It doesn't meet the requirements of not removing drives unnecessarily, but it's an option. My 1 1/2 cents. GS
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