Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2005 11:35:47 -0500 (EST) From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu> To: john@starfire.mn.org (John) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Using FreeBSD to migrate Windows XP? Message-ID: <200502081635.j18GZmo12423@clunix.cl.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <20050208101559.A14613@starfire.mn.org> from "John" at Feb 08, 2005 10:15:59 AM
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> > On Tue, Feb 08, 2005 at 10:51:20AM -0500, Jerry McAllister wrote: > > > > > > OK - I've finally come to the realization (a little slow, I know) > > > that a 5.8Gb disk drive is just not enough to support a desktop > > > environment (including JAVA) for both Windows XP and FreeBSD on my > > > laptop. :( > > > > > > I have used dump(8) to dump out my filesystems. I am wondering > > > if I can just use "dd" to dump out all of /dev/ad0s1 also, > > > and then use "dd" to put it back again when I'm done. Then > > > I'd boot the installation CD into "fixit" mode, build a new > > > MBR, make sure that the new s1 was the same or very slightly larger > > > than the old s1, and use dd to put it back again. Can anyone > > > speak to either the "doomed to failure" or "I've done this and > > > it works" scenarios? > > > > I presume that /dev/ad0s1 is your MS-DOS slice? > > I have never done this, but you might try using dump(8) > > and restore(8) to move it as well as the others. I would > > trying dumping it somewhere and then restoring it somewhere > > harmless just to check first. If you keep the old disk and > > do nothing to harm it, then you could try this to the new > > disk and if it works (eg Messy Dos works), fine. If it doesn't > > work then you still have the original on the old disk to go > > back to and try something else. > > > > As you mention, make the slices and partitions on the new disk > > and put in the MBR. Then do the restores. You might need to > > do something to put in a MSDOS boot partition on the new S1 as well. > > Well, it's NOT really an MS-DOS slice. Winxp uses the NT filesystem, > NOT MS-DOS. > > Dump cannot work on anthing other than UFS filesystems. Dump > actually separately interprets the filesystem structure. Consider, for > example, that dump works perfectly well on unmounted filesystems. > Dump is DRAMATICALLY different in its operation than tar, cpio, etc. > Since tar and others use the filesystem code, they don't care > what the underlying structure might be, BUT, they are also incapable > of collecting "foreign" information like SIDs and ACLs. > -- Sounds probable. Just wanted to know if it would be possible. ////jerry > > John Lind > john@starfire.MN.ORG > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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