From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 7 10:04:20 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BA1A316A421 for ; Thu, 7 Jun 2007 10:04:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mikel.king@techally.com) Received: from mta5.srv.hcvlny.cv.net (mta5.srv.hcvlny.cv.net [167.206.4.200]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 95E9513C4C8 for ; Thu, 7 Jun 2007 10:04:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mikel.king@techally.com) Received: from [172.31.7.53] (ool-182d8b49.dyn.optonline.net [24.45.139.73]) by mta5.srv.hcvlny.cv.net (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-6.01 (built Apr 3 2006)) with ESMTP id <0JJ9001TGFHJG9J0@mta5.srv.hcvlny.cv.net> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 07 Jun 2007 05:53:45 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2007 05:54:03 -0400 From: Mikel King In-reply-to: <03f801c7a8d6$c712bc30$6400a8c0@msdi.local> To: Ian Lord Message-id: <00F2D282-F818-407F-B2A6-ABCAF8B22954@techally.com> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT References: <03f801c7a8d6$c712bc30$6400a8c0@msdi.local> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Moving Freebsd to a new Server X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2007 10:04:20 -0000 Ian, There's an article on geomirror on www.daemonnews.org that I use as a guide on working with dump. I do exactly the same sort of thing moving my FreeBSD machines between instance and physical on VMWare. I've done it in both directions many times using a USB drive as the medium. I have a move coming up soon, so I shall try to document it for the future. Let me know how this works for you. Cheers, Mikel King CIO, Tech Alliance, INC Senior Editor, Daemon News 39 West Fourteenth Street Second Floor New York, NY 10011 http://www.techally.com http://www.daemonnews.org t: 212.727.2100x132 +------------------------------------------+ How do you spell cooperation? Pessimists use each other, but optimists help each other. Collaboration feeds your spirit, while competition only stokes your ego. You'll find the best way to get along. +------------------------------------------+ On Jun 7, 2007, at 3:38 AM, Ian Lord wrote: > Hi, > > > > We were in a rush to install a freebsd server without proper > hardware on > hand, so we used Microsoft Virtual Server and install Freebsd on it. > > > > I would like to move the freebsd installation to a real server and was > wondering how to do so. > > > > I searched around and the solution seems to be to dump the hard drive > content and restore it on the new server. > > > > Does anyone knows a good walkthrough of the entire process, I > didn't find > anything in the handbook beside moving freebsd to a new harddrive > which I > cannot do from the same machine. > > > > Basically, I need a way to dump the hd to file, transfer the file over > whatever media (dvd, network, etc) and restore on the new machine. > > > > I'm not even sure if I need to install freebsd on the new machine > or not > since I guess I cannot overwrite the partition on which freebsd is > running > :-) > > > > Any help/reference would be appreciated > > > > Thanks in advance > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions- > unsubscribe@freebsd.org"