Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2005 08:58:50 -0600 From: Kevin Kinsey <kdk@daleco.biz> To: jrrelay@juno.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: do i need to reinstall Message-ID: <423C3E2A.8040406@daleco.biz> In-Reply-To: <20050318.202259.-854787.0.jrrelay@juno.com> References: <20050318.202259.-854787.0.jrrelay@juno.com>
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jrrelay@juno.com wrote: >i recently bought a new and larger hard drive for my computer. i put it >the machine as '/dev/ad3'. while educating myself about this new drive, >i installed freebsd 5.3 on one of the slices. i am ready to eliminate >the old 'ad0' and want to move the new drive so it will become >'/dev/ad0'. will BSD operate in its new location without any changes to >the configuration files? perhaps '/etc/fstab', and what else? or should >i just reinstall freebsd after i have reconfigured the machine? >jrrelay@juno.com > > Well, a reinstall would certainly work, but it's so "Windozy" ;-) What does /etc/fstab look like now? And maybe what does `mount` say? One thing is certain .... the new drive would need the FreeBSD MBR (or another boot loader) at the very least; you didn't mention where you were booting from, (but I assume from the new disk?) Worst case scenario: you get to learn a lot about the bootstrap process. IIRC, that's currently chapter 12 in the Handbook (www.freebsd.org/handbook). Good advice: backup personal data, regardless of what you choose to do.... Sorry I can't give you more help, but as a relative newb myself, I'll have to leave the real answers to the "real men" out there. Kevin Kinsey
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