Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2005 01:54:35 -0600 From: backdoc <alias3@crotchett.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What's an easy way to replace a drive? Message-ID: <4243C3BB.8050205@crotchett.com> In-Reply-To: <154939230.20050324195513@wanadoo.fr> References: <1735169762.20050324050924@wanadoo.fr> <42426471.9040007@northglobe.com> <154939230.20050324195513@wanadoo.fr>
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I replaced my HD once or twice. I documented the process the last time I did it. http://www.usmstudent.com/HOWTO/how_i_replaced_my_FreeBSD_HD.txt Darren Anthony Atkielski wrote: > Nicholas Basila writes: > > >>You can back up to tape and restore in single user mode. If /var and >>/tmp aren't too big, you could boot into single user mode, >>mount /usr >>mount -r /var (just to be safe) >>mount -r /tmp > > >>and create tar balls or even use dump to file (use the device in /dev as >>source, of course) with /var and /tmp unmounted. > > >>Then, reboot into single user mode with the new disk, set up the disk >>the way you want it with fdisk and bsdlabel, and then untar or restore >>from dump. > > > Can I boot from the FreeBSD boot CD and avoid mounting anything on any > of the hard drives at all? (That's not a problem in this case, since the > root is on a different drive, but if I ever had to replace the drive > containing the root I'm just wondering how to go about it.) >
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