Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2001 13:45:57 -0500 From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: Justin Stanford <jus@security.za.net> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upgrading HDD space on existing installation.. ideas? Message-ID: <15284.50533.304757.303606@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <106566511@toto.iv>
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Justin Stanford <jus@security.za.net> types: > and start over -- my machine has years of configuration, software > installation, etc, behind it, so I need to find some way to move to a new, > bigger HDD, while still exactly preserving my system.. not just /usr, > everything, like /etc, /var/, and so on. > > Various suggestions have been made, but I'm not sure what the best route > is to follow.. any suggestions, anyone? Read the FAQ <URL: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/admin.html#NEW-HUGE-DISK >. FWIW, you've just discovered why I recommend two partitions for workstations instead of one: / and /home. There's no real reason to have / and /usr in different partitions, but having all of your work in /home makes it a *lot* easier to do a reinstall. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Q: How do you make the gods laugh? A: Tell them your plans. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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