Date: Fri, 5 Nov 2004 16:20:12 +0100 From: "Matthias F. Brandstetter" <haimat@lame.at> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Transferring system to a new hard drive Message-ID: <200411051620.12304.haimat@lame.at> In-Reply-To: <8292450b0411050713536e2e0e@mail.gmail.com> References: <8292450b0411050713536e2e0e@mail.gmail.com>
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---------- quoting CHris Rich ---------- > My original install of FreeBSD is on a 30 gig hard drive, I want to > move it to an 80 gig I now have, but i don't want to have to reinstall > everything since I've spent hours waiting for some ports to install. > > So after googling and searching I found a few ideas of how to migrate > to a new hard drive but none which I really trust, (ghosting, > acronis(sp?)) > > If I do move it over will I have ot make new slices to take advantage > of the bigger hard drive? If this is the case will I lose what data is > already in the slice or can it adjust without any hitches or loss of > data? > > Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated I had exactly the same issue this week, until I found this link: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/disks.html#NEW-HUGE-DISK HTH! Greetings, Matthias -- The weak and nerdy are admired for their computer-programming abilities. -- Homer Simpson Bart vs. Australia
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