Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2003 15:50:15 -0500 From: David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net> To: Steve Bertrand <iaccounts@northnetworks.ca> Cc: freebsd <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: tar FBSD disk clone Message-ID: <20030423205015.GB25856@grumpy.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <20030423144825.N18125-100000@diana.northnetworks.ca> References: <20030423144825.N18125-100000@diana.northnetworks.ca>
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On Wed, Apr 23, 2003 at 02:56:04PM -0400, Steve Bertrand wrote: > I have found multiple articles on the web regarding ways to 'clone' ones > FreeBSD disk. > > I opted for the tar method, so I could cut pieces out I did not want > before cloning. > > When all was said and done, I manually fdisk'ed the new drive, labelled > it, and mounted it into the existing FS. I then: [...] > Upon reboot, I get: > > Invalid Partition > Invalid Partition > No /boot/loader Read the disklabel(8) man page, specifically "Installing bootstraps". I think you need to "disklabel -B ad0s1" (use the appropriate disk device and slice). -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@hiwaay.net ===================================================================== The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system.
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