Date: Tue, 28 Dec 1999 17:58:29 +0100 (MET) From: Ariel Burbaickij <Ariel.Burbaickij@mni.fh-giessen.de> To: Alejandro Ramirez <ales@megared.net.mx> Cc: Ariel Burbaickij <Ariel.Burbaickij@mni.fh-giessen.de>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Copying freebsd slice of shared disk to larger and dedicatedtofbsd one. Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.10.9912281754260.5571-100000@sun33> In-Reply-To: <01b601bf5153$06e57660$d2630a0a@megared.net.mx>
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On Tue, 28 Dec 1999, Alejandro Ramirez wrote: > Hi, > > > > > I poses 6.4GB HD which is sliced as follows: > > > > 2Gb to windows 95 > > > > 4.4 to fbsd3.2 > > > > I have oportunity to choose at boot-up which operating system to run. > > > > I use fbsdloader fot this purpose. > > > > I decised that i do not need any crutches any more and can go by > myself.:) > > > > What i want to do is to copy the fbsd slice to 12gb large hd that will > > > > be entirely dedicated to it.Yes,I HAVE read appropriate articles in > fbsd > > > > diary and i will do something simmilar.One point is not clear to me > > > > though:As far as I have understood the persons in article have copied > > > > from one dedicated disk to another one.With regard to this I would > like > > > > to ask:Does some pecularities exist that have to do with boot-sektor? > > > > > > No, just fdisk your new disk, label it, restore your system, and make it > > > bootable. > > ^^^^^^^^^ > > Exactly this is the point would you then please describe the > > procedure of making new disk bootable in this particular situation in > > more detail? > > Ok, you can do it with sysinstall, or with DOS fdisk, with fdisk you have to > boot from a DOS floppy and run fdisk, there its an option that says "Make an > active partition" or something like that, in sysinstall, in the fdisk > section, just select the entry that conforms your partition in the disk, and > press "s", then press "w" to write the changes to the disk. > > Have Fun... > Ales So neither in boot-sektor nor in mbr no futher changes beyond those made by marking one slice active are neceesary,aren't they? Have I understood you right? kind regards, Ariel > > Thank you in advance > > > > kind regards, > > Ariel > > more > > > Have Fun... > > > Ales > > > > > > > Should I somehow prepare the larger disk so that it be able to deal > > > > with the fact that os loader existed on smaller disk ?In any case > > > > what I would like to have at end is bootable large disk dedicated to > fbsd. > > > > What changes of sequence of steps to those described in article to > are > > > > needed with regard to situation > > > > presented.Maybe entirely another scenario of copying? > > > > > > > > Any futher questions aimed to clarify the situation are surely > welcome. > > > > > > > > kind regards, > > > > Ariel > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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