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Subject: Re: upgrade HDD
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Scott <sstahl@gmail.com> writes:

> I have a FBSD 4.10 install on a machine that the HDD has become full. 
> I would like to replace the drive with a larger one so does anyone
> know any howtos on how to do a disk to disk transfer?

Yes.  See the FAQ, where some of the "frequently asked questions" are
"How can I add my new hard disk to my FreeBSD system?" and 
"How do I move my system over to my huge new disk?"

> I've down this with Linux before... copied the partitions over in
> single user mode and reinstalled the boot manager although I suspect
> there's some differences with FBSD as I've never replaced a disk on it
> before.

Only minor differences.

It's particularly trivial if you keep the old disk, and just use the
new one for extra space.