Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2003 17:11:39 -0800 From: Ted Cabeen <secabeen@pobox.com> To: Adrian Gonzalez <adrianbsd@globalpc.net> Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Symantec Ghost-like app for UFS? Message-ID: <87bs193whg.fsf@gray.impulse.net> In-Reply-To: <5.1.1.6.2.20030217190503.0626c2d8@globalpc.net> (Adrian Gonzalez's message of "Mon, 17 Feb 2003 19:28:14 -0600") References: <5.1.1.6.2.20030217190503.0626c2d8@globalpc.net>
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Adrian Gonzalez <adrianbsd@globalpc.net> writes: > Is there anything out there that resembles Symantec Ghost but works > with FreeBSD partitions? > > Basically I want to be able to transfer a FreeBSD installation from an > old hard drive to a new one without having to reinstall, reconfigure, > etc. If the only change is the hard drive, you can dd the old disk to the new one without any problems. If you want to enlarge any of the partitions, you can boot in single user mode, create the partitions on the new disks and then do a dump/restore combo to transfer the files to the new disk. -- Ted Cabeen http://www.pobox.com/~secabeen ted@impulse.net Check Website or Keyserver for PGP/GPG Key BA0349D2 secabeen@pobox.com "I have taken all knowledge to be my province." -F. Bacon secabeen@cabeen.org "Human kind cannot bear very much reality."-T.S.Eliot cabeen@netcom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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