From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 7 15:09:01 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 123FA16A41C for ; Thu, 7 Jul 2005 15:09:01 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from chris@seagul.co.uk) Received: from office.seagul.co.uk (dsl-62-3-120-198.zen.co.uk [62.3.120.198]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4FF9643D45 for ; Thu, 7 Jul 2005 15:09:00 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from chris@seagul.co.uk) Received: from [192.168.3.103] ([192.168.3.103]) by office.seagul.co.uk with MailEnable ESMTP; Thu, 07 Jul 2005 16:08:37 +0100 Message-ID: <42CD4588.9090208@seagul.co.uk> Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2005 16:08:56 +0100 From: Chris Roos User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.2 (Windows/20050317) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Alex Zbyslaw References: <42CC027B.7030808@seagul.co.uk> <42CC0E55.5040300@dial.pipex.com> In-Reply-To: <42CC0E55.5040300@dial.pipex.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Migrating FreeBsd installation to another hard drive X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2005 15:09:01 -0000 Alex Zbyslaw wrote: > Chris Roos wrote: > >> One final question is whether the dump/restore process is the best >> approach in this instance? I have read about using dd but am not >> entirely sure whether this would do what I need? >> > No, you should use dump/restore and if it is the root partition you will > need to edit fstab afterwards. > Can I just double check that the editing of fstab is only applicable if my device names change? During my testing here I have been migrating to a secondary disk that eventually becomes the primary. As such I haven't had to change the fstab (both origin and eventually destination are device ad0). When I do this for real however, I will be migrating from a single drive to an array so understand that in that case I will need to edit fstab to reflect the device change (this should be fine as I have had to do this in the past). > --Alex > > PS There's a FAQ all about this. I have no wish to decry the bsdvault > article you quote, since I haven't read it -- it may even be the same as > the FAQ. But if the FAQ or handbook has a section answering your > question, then it is always likely to be the best starting point. > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/disks.html#NEW-HUGE-DISK > Thanks, I'd already read the faq and the bsdvault procedure is very similar in content. I just wondered if there was any better/other ways really.. Thanks for your help, Chris