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Date:      Sun, 26 Mar 2006 22:19:09 +0100
From:      Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org>
To:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Data transfer from one HD to another
Message-ID:  <20060326221909.2c13be31.steve@sohara.org>
In-Reply-To: <000201c650d9$06b2e330$0201a8c0@bedroom>
References:  <20060326120043.935BA16A532@hub.freebsd.org> <000201c650d9$06b2e330$0201a8c0@bedroom>

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On Sun, 26 Mar 2006 08:27:27 -0500
"Matt Smith" <ratman6@charter.net> wrote:

> Hi,
>     Is there an EASY method to transfer the partitions from an old hard disk
> to a new one?
 
	If the new partitions are identical in size to the old ones then
use dd otherwise use dump | restore.

	Refer to the man pages for the arguments required.

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