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nathan writes:
> i have a full 3 gig harddrive and i wanna put in a 15 gig to replace it
> the 3 gig is dedicated to /usr only, and after moving the data over to
> the new 15 gig, i'm gonna remove it permanantly. i wanna make 8 gig
> outta the new 15 for /usr
> 
> can i just do this after putting in the 15 gig?
> 
> dd if=/dev/ad1 of=/dev/ad0 bs=8568
>
> or should i create slices first THEN use dd??
> also.. if this DOES work.. does the source and dest devices have to be
> the same size?

You sholdn't use dd. There's a FAQ entry on how to moveing data to new
drives. Read it.

	<mike


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