From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 29 16:44:24 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2728C16A424 for ; Wed, 29 Mar 2006 16:44:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bsd@1command.com) Received: from mail.1command.com (mail.1command.com [216.177.243.35]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7D35143D9E for ; Wed, 29 Mar 2006 16:44:12 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bsd@1command.com) Received: from mail.1command.com (localhost.1command.com [127.0.0.1]) by mail.1command.com (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id k2TGiATo017185 for ; Wed, 29 Mar 2006 08:44:11 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bsd@1command.com) Received: (from www@localhost) by mail.1command.com (8.13.3/8.13.3/Submit) id k2TGiASQ017184 for freebsd-stable@freebsd.org; Wed, 29 Mar 2006 08:44:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bsd@1command.com) X-Authentication-Warning: mail.1command.com: www set sender to bsd@1command.com using -f Received: from mail.1command.com (mail.1command.com [216.177.243.35]) by webmail.1command.com (H.R. Communications Messaging System) with HTTP; Wed, 29 Mar 2006 08:44:10 -0800 Message-ID: <20060329084410.wmz1syjdgckcgowk@webmail.1command.com> X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 08:44:10 -0800 From: Chris To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org References: <000001c650df$8a3424c0$0201a8c0@bedroom> In-Reply-To: <000001c650df$8a3424c0$0201a8c0@bedroom> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format="flowed" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit User-Agent: H.R. Communications Internet Messaging System (HCIMS) H3 (4.0.4) / FreeBSD-5.5 Subject: RE: Data transfer from one HD to another X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 16:44:24 -0000 Quoting Matt Smith : > 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 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////