Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2004 17:58:00 -0500 From: David Kelly <dkelly@HiWAAY.net> To: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@tensor.3miasto.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: moving to larger drive Message-ID: <07C1579C-0446-11D9-9F9F-000393BB56F2@HiWAAY.net> In-Reply-To: <20040911224514.J27192@chylonia.3miasto.net> References: <20040911224514.J27192@chylonia.3miasto.net>
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On Sep 11, 2004, at 3:46 PM, Wojciech Puchar wrote:
> could You help me in commands used to
>
> 1) create disklabel and mbr on blank disk
> 2) install boot loader
>
> manually
> ?
There is nothing wrong with running sysinstall(8) on a live system. Can
even be run remotely via ssh. Suggest you skip down to the (C)onfigure
menu. Use (F)disk and (L)abel. Put your new partitions under /mnt/ or
someplace separate from your running system filespace. Use (W)rite once
you have things the way you desire. Then exit from sysinstall(8).
Double check your /etc/fstab after, as sysinstall usually updates it
when new filesystems are created, else you may be surprised at the next
boot. Also appends stuff at the tail of /etc/rc.conf.
The manpage says:
NOTES
The sysinstall utility is essentially nothing more than a
monolithic C
program with the ability to write MBRs and disk labels ...
--
David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@HiWAAY.net
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