From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Apr 30 20:17:36 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA14388 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 30 Apr 1998 20:17:36 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from fly.HiWAAY.net (root@fly.HiWAAY.net [208.147.154.56]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA14365 for ; Thu, 30 Apr 1998 20:17:23 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dkelly@nospam.hiwaay.net) Received: from nospam.hiwaay.net (tnt3-237.HiWAAY.net [208.147.146.237]) by fly.HiWAAY.net (8.8.8/8.8.6) with ESMTP id WAA21326; Thu, 30 Apr 1998 22:17:19 -0500 (CDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by nospam.hiwaay.net (8.8.8/8.8.4) with ESMTP id WAA21786; Thu, 30 Apr 1998 22:17:17 -0500 (CDT) Message-Id: <199805010317.WAA21786@nospam.hiwaay.net> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: William Woods cc: FreeBSD Questions From: David Kelly Subject: Re: Transfering Syatem In-reply-to: Message from William Woods of "Thu, 30 Apr 1998 14:38:46 PDT." <3548EF66.8FFC42F@cybcon.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 30 Apr 1998 22:17:16 -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG William Woods writes: > > Can I just copy it all over? Or would it be easier to just have a fresh > install of FreeBSD ion the new 8 gig drive? Its not all that painfull to do a fresh install. Plus if you remount the old drive at a new mount point (/mnt is good, or /old ...) then you can simply copy your precious stuff to the new. Another thing to consider: there is nothing like a fresh install to remind you of exactly what and where *is* your precious stuff. If you decide to copy, look into "pax -rw", which appears to be the most accurate painless way to move lots of files, devices, links, and symlinks. -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@nospam.hiwaay.net ===================================================================== The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message