Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 08:44:10 -0800 From: Chris <bsd@1command.com> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Data transfer from one HD to another Message-ID: <20060329084410.wmz1syjdgckcgowk@webmail.1command.com> In-Reply-To: <000001c650df$8a3424c0$0201a8c0@bedroom> References: <000001c650df$8a3424c0$0201a8c0@bedroom>
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Quoting Matt Smith <ratman6@charter.net>: > Will this also transfer the filesystem structure? Indeed. The man pages for these commands will provide variations of their usage. So as to obtain different results. Dependant upon your needs. --Chris > > Matt > > -----Original Message----- > From: Joseph Olatt [mailto:joji@eskimo.com] > Sent: Sunday, March 26, 2006 8:45 AM > To: Matt Smith > Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: Data transfer from one HD to another > > On Sun, Mar 26, 2006 at 08:27:27AM -0500, Matt Smith wrote: >> Hi, >> Is there an EASY method to transfer the partitions from an old hard > disk >> to a new one? > > I presume you want to trasfer all the files from one (or more) > partition(s) in the old hard drive to a new hard drive. If so, try the > command "dd". man dd(1). There are examples at the bottom of the man > page. > > Other commands that may be used are: tar & cpio (man tar & man cpio for > more info). > > regards, > joseph > > >> >> Matt Smith >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- Microsoft: Disc space -- the final frontier! ----------------------------------------------------------------- FreeBSD 5.4-RELEASE-p12 (SMP - 900x2) Tue Mar 7 19:37:23 PST 2006 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
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