From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Oct 6 14:17:52 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA23852 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 6 Oct 1998 14:17:52 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from resnet.uoregon.edu (resnet.uoregon.edu [128.223.144.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA23738 for ; Tue, 6 Oct 1998 14:17:28 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by resnet.uoregon.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA04485; Tue, 6 Oct 1998 14:17:15 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1998 14:17:15 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White To: Bryce Newall cc: FreeBSD Questions List Subject: Re: Swapping out root partition In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, 4 Oct 1998, Bryce Newall wrote: > I need to swap out the drive on my FreeBSD system that contains the root > partition. Is there a recommended procedure for doing this, so I don't > screw up my machine? Um, make a backup? Copying the root partition is the same as copying any other partition, just make sure /etc/fstab is accurate. Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message