Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 22:17:48 -0700 From: Tim Judd <tajudd@gmail.com> To: Grant Peel <gpeel@thenetnow.com> Cc: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu>, FreeBSD Questions List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Replace SCSI Drive Message-ID: <497169FC.3040705@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <496CB754.8020502@thenetnow.com> References: <9F57CF00DDE541E69F500E26B652DDED@GRANTPC> <20090107205826.GA93439@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> <A39FF17E1AF24D1882A617913D40EE6B@GRANTPC> <496C3032.9060003@gmail.com> <20090113153603.GA23181@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> <496CB754.8020502@thenetnow.com>
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Grant Peel wrote: > Jerry McAllister wrote: >> On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 11:09:54PM -0700, Tim Judd wrote: >> >> >>> <snip> >>> >>> Not to be presumptious, or rude, but I've read the first part of this >>> thread (a bit late, yes) and I'm just confused. >>> >>> If you're going to go so far as to prep the drive at home, before >>> driving to the NOC, with a unrunnable OS on a labeled disk, it seems >>> silly. >>> >>> I propose: >>> Do a typical install of FreeBSD 6.4/7.1 on this disk. Let it be >>> as full as to boot an operating system (but maybe skip out on the >>> networking blah blah setups). >>> Bring this (verified) bootable disk to the NOC, install it as da0 >>> Move the old, 73GB failing disk to da1 >>> Boot the Dell, maybe running in single-user mode >>> You've got a pristine format (or pristine enough) to restore the >>> filesystems on top of it. >>> Rebooting with da0 again to see if your network settings, >>> startup, apps, etc etc etc all start as appropriate. >>> >>> Only if this method fails, do you use the Fixit CD and "fix it" >>> >> >> This is good, especially if he wants to upgrade to the next >> version of FreeBSD at the same time. >> >> But IIRC the problem is not that the OS currently on the disk does >> not work, but that there are some problems with the disk itself - but >> that it is still readable. It is more about replacing the >> disk with another presumed more reliable than the current one. >> So, in that case, it is much easier to take the few minutes to >> build the disk slice & partitions and then just do the dump/restores >> than to build everything new and then hand pick the things he wants >> to save from the old disk. >> But, if an upgrade is done at the same time - probably a good idea >> actually - then that hand picking will be done anyway, so might as >> well do it as you say. I took it straight from his original >> question rather than from the notion of doing an upgrade along the way. >> >> ////jerry >> >> >> >>> Am I crazy to think this is the more logical, more straightforward >>> way to perform this migration? If Grant has already done the job, >>> more power to him, but I just found it a little confusing that one >>> would label a drive, format it, and possibly spend more time with the >>> slower CD-ROM based Fixit than running off a nice, new 10k/15k RPM >>> drive to drive everything. >>> >>> If my method above is failing a point, I'd be more than happy to hear >>> your statements and correct my procedures for it. My method above >>> has only one tricky part, is to restore the 'a' partition from >>> olddrive to newdrive. -- and that is probably a piece of cake. >>> >>> >>> Grant, good luck (if you haven't done it yet). >>> >>> --Tim >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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" >> >> >> > Hi Jerry, > > Since you original reply to my email is still my prefered method, could > you please resent it (if you have a copy in your sent items mailbox). I > am wrestling with Thunderbird (on freebsd) to import all my email > folders from OE, with no success). > > I do understand all the various methods though and thanks to all for the > replies! > > -Grant You can visit the mail archives. just attach the .txt file to an email to yourself.
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