From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 5 15:48:38 2004 Return-Path: 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 0D42E16A4CF for ; Fri, 5 Nov 2004 15:48:38 +0000 (GMT) Received: from rosebud.otenet.gr (rosebud.otenet.gr [195.170.0.26]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 46EC843D31 for ; Fri, 5 Nov 2004 15:48:37 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from orion.daedalusnetworks.priv (aris.bedc.ondsl.gr [62.103.39.226])iA5FmZ88027856; Fri, 5 Nov 2004 17:48:35 +0200 Received: from orion.daedalusnetworks.priv (orion [127.0.0.1]) iA5FmYXo001180; Fri, 5 Nov 2004 17:48:34 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: (from keramida@localhost)iA5FmX3n001179; Fri, 5 Nov 2004 17:48:33 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Date: Fri, 5 Nov 2004 17:48:33 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas To: Chris Rich Message-ID: <20041105154833.GA1116@orion.daedalusnetworks.priv> References: <8292450b0411050713536e2e0e@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <8292450b0411050713536e2e0e@mail.gmail.com> cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Transferring system to a new hard drive X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 05 Nov 2004 15:48:38 -0000 On 2004-11-05 09:13, CHris Rich wrote: > 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?)) You can do it using standard tools, provided with the base system. I recently moved all my data to a new 200 GB IDE disk, and kept a set of step-by-step notes while doing this. They are available online at my weblog, if that's any help while you plan your own migration to a larger hard disk: http://keramida.serverhive.com/weblog/archives/daemonizing-a-new-disk > 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? I made new slices to the larger disk, installed a clean copy of FreeBSD using 'make installworld' and then moved all my user data to the new /home partition. You don't *have* to move everything. But it's a nice chance to clean up things if you have been upgrading from the sources during the past X years, like I had been doing. - Giorgos