Date: Fri, 30 Apr 1999 11:24:26 -0700 From: Graeme Tait <graeme@echidna.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: info@boatbooks.com Subject: Moving OS to a new disk Message-ID: <3729F55A.7E06@echidna.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9904301739290.33677-100000@zeus.dnt.md> <19990430175241.A22708@relay.ucb.crimea.ua>
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I have a system (2.2.8S/CAM) in which the primary hard drive has become flaky (it powers itself down periodically). This drive contains all the OS. I have a second identical drive, and my thought to ease replacement is to install the second drive as da1 (SCSI ID 1; the existing drive is da0/ID 0), partition it identically, and transfer everything from the old drive. I'd then remove the old drive, and jumper the new drive as SCSI ID 0 and have it appear as da0. Do I need to change the disklabel on the new drive or do anything else in changing the SCSI ID - that is, is the device name embedded in the label, etc.? What is the best way to make a literal copy of the old drive on the new? I've found that tar doesn't copy all the device nodes properly (it says "minor number too large; not dumped" for many devices). I'm assuming I would temporarily mount the new drive as say /new and so the root filesystem would have to be transferred to /new , etc. -- Graeme Tait - Echidna To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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