From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 23 03:59:10 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 82B74106566C for ; Wed, 23 Jun 2010 03:59:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from olivares14031@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ww0-f54.google.com (mail-ww0-f54.google.com [74.125.82.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 199D08FC16 for ; Wed, 23 Jun 2010 03:59:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wwb24 with SMTP id 24so230920wwb.13 for ; Tue, 22 Jun 2010 20:59:09 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:in-reply-to :references:date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=AZSYS0O4mahCA2GkM71/rzJHUT1tQezmjervxy1bols=; b=HKqltDDKNEKpGV0McR2/wE8vFdH7bU2sxqJyGUMmXSsduw84EDefdbYcR8+Qg1IygX LIXVGwxhIJW3w5rB0fAgsmtCBtz2m3IrCD6onQJlzzhyH7m361qAo+vloypAX89h7SVb RORJdArC+QwbCx81A6G3rZJs5fRWHkOIbfYb4= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=irrh3d1oHS2uSuAtE8bykUO234532wPg8j3kvoiAckNdzROXDedGSkMHutPoUHHF58 GEaOqBsLLX4emdmA848qJNVwGf/VwJN7REfNA4gdHDRXVVUGVNaHBa2HnSWDpjoBtho7 z7utGM2Ps0A+UKcg1EqlSfNLRyLZbBra4xnYQ= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.216.89.20 with SMTP id b20mr5383832wef.58.1277265548735; Tue, 22 Jun 2010 20:59:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.216.179.140 with HTTP; Tue, 22 Jun 2010 20:59:08 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4C217CCE.7030605@daleco.biz> References: <4C217702.8080705@hdk5.net> <4C217CCE.7030605@daleco.biz> Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2010 22:59:08 -0500 Message-ID: From: Antonio Olivares To: Kevin Kinsey Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" , Al Plant Subject: Re: Copy a FreeBSD 8* install to larger HD X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2010 03:59:10 -0000 Al and others, One solution or way to do it would be to get Clonezilla Live CD http://clonezilla.org/clonezilla-live/ Connect both hard drives check carefully which one is the smaller one and select it as the source, and copy it exactly as it is. Let clonezilla do its thing. When finished, shutdown the machine and unplug the old/smaller hard drive and leave the other one plugged in and start the machine. Everything should work normally. HTH, Antonio On 6/22/10, Kevin Kinsey wrote: > Al Plant wrote: >> Aloha, >> >> I am looking for the easiest way to copy a fresh working FreeBSD 8* HD >> install (Manolis version) to a bigger HD that I found. >> >> I plan to have the new HD in the same box for doing this copy. >> >> Can I use sysinstall to make the new default slices on the big HD and >> then move the OS and directories/files to them? > > Last time I did this, it worked fine ... just make sure the "slices" (right > term?) > correspond with your /etc/fstab, or you'll end up in single user or even > stuck at a boot prompt with the new drive the first time out. > >> What command (utility) do I use? dd or cp or some other to copy the files. > > I'd recommend dump and restore ... possibly piping dump *to* restore, > something like: > > dump -0 -a -L -u -f - /usr | ( cd /newusr ; restore -ruf - ) > > HTH. > >> Thanks.... > > > You're welcome :-) > > Kevin Kinsey > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >