Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 23:53:09 -0500 From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: "Kathy Quinlan" <katinka@magestower.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: upgrading to larger HDD Message-ID: <15086.16693.938498.673429@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <48494374@toto.iv>
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Kathy Quinlan <katinka@magestower.com> types: > Hi all :o) > > I am finally moving my server from 700Mb to 4.6Gb and need some advice : > > I am not interested in keeping the old drive in the system, and just want to > run the new one :o) > > What is the best way to do this ??? > > I thought about a clean install, but as all the config is nearly the way I > want it, was wondering how do I "copy" the old drive to the new. > > I found a cheat sheet on mostgraveconcern, but this was written for 3.4 and > as I am running 4.1.1R (will cvsup now I have the space to 4.3R :o)) I am > not sure the idea will still work ??? Use the FAQ, Kat. <URL: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/faq/admin.html#NEW-HUGE-DISK > This covers a lot of the issues discussed here. It is targeted at copying your current installation, not copying configuration information to a new install. The best way to deal with copying configuration information is to prepare for it from day one, and keep a log of everything that you touch, and why. Given the right tools, a restore of system information can be as trivial as a issuing a single comnand. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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