From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jan 28 8: 4:11 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from sasknow.com (h139-142-245-96.ss.fiberone.net [139.142.245.96]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0DC5115C7E for ; Fri, 28 Jan 2000 08:04:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from freebsd@sasknow.com) Received: from localhost (freebsd@localhost) by sasknow.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id KAA03897; Fri, 28 Jan 2000 10:04:06 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from freebsd@sasknow.com) Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2000 10:04:06 -0600 (CST) From: Ryan Thompson To: Matthew Joseff Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HD going bad In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, 28 Jan 2000, Matthew Joseff wrote: > > The hard drive in my server is starting to go buh bye (read: making bad "The" hard drive, huh... I always try to keep a small spare with a defaulted FreeBSD install for emergencies. And, of course, I do regular backups :-) > noises). Any suggestions on how to switch it out? I'm thinking > format & install FreeBSD on the new one then copy over neccessary files? > Or, mount the new drive and just cp -R everything. *shrug* > I would just format & install FreeBSD on the new drive... Install the latest -STABLE snapshot from releng3, install all your packages (i.e., run pkg_info on the old system to see what you have :-) and copy over relevant config files. Then you can start moving you other filesystems over without much of a hassle. I just spent a week or two going through a new install for our biggest server, doing just that (i.e., installing on a new drive and moving over). I ALSO took the time (because I had it) to carefully document any deviations I made from a stock FreeBSD install... So, if, for some reason, I was stuck without backups, or a similar alternative like a new drive, I could be up and running in a few hours as opposed to a few days ;-) -- Ryan Thompson 50% Owner, Sysadmin SaskNow Technologies http://www.sasknow.com #106-380 3120 8th St E Saskatoon, SK S7H 0W2 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message