From: Aron Green <agreen@pobox.com> To: "Jonathan E. Lyons" <parrothd@midwest.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Moving OS to a new disk Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9904301354140.41729-100000@sheep.pinkle.com> In-Reply-To: <199904301548.KAA29338@cdale3.midwest.net>
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Have you tried this with different SIZE drives? I have a 4 gig drive I'd like to copy to an 8 gig.. I'd actually like to resize /usr too.. anyone have any decent suggestions? Aron On Fri, 30 Apr 1999, Jonathan E. Lyons wrote: > Date: Fri, 30 Apr 1999 10:54:27 -0500 > From: Jonathan E. Lyons <parrothd@midwest.net> > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: Moving OS to a new disk > > Use a program called ghost.exe, we use it all the time to make exact copies > of harddrives, no matter what format the drive is in, You'll need a dos > bootdisk ,and I think they still have a 30 day demo version... > > Later > > As always make backups first...hehehe > > > At 11:24 AM 4/30/99 -0700, you wrote: > >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. > > Jonathan E. Lyons FreeBSD > parrothd@midwest.net MCP, MCSE, A+ Certified > http://parrothd.midwest.net/ > ICQ # 14226912 > > > > 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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