From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 13 15:46:39 2009 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 56115106568C for ; Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:46:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gpeel@thenetnow.com) Received: from thenetnow.com (constellation.thenetnow.com [65.39.193.155]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2CB9F8FC0C for ; Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:46:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gpeel@thenetnow.com) Received: from hpeel.ody.ca ([216.240.12.2] helo=[192.168.1.100]) by constellation.thenetnow.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.63 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1LMlTQ-000PlO-0s; Tue, 13 Jan 2009 10:46:36 -0500 Message-ID: <496CB754.8020502@thenetnow.com> Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 10:46:28 -0500 From: Grant Peel User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.16 (X11/20090112) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jerry McAllister References: <9F57CF00DDE541E69F500E26B652DDED@GRANTPC> <20090107205826.GA93439@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> <496C3032.9060003@gmail.com> <20090113153603.GA23181@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <20090113153603.GA23181@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Tim Judd , FreeBSD Questions List Subject: Re: Replace SCSI Drive 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: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:46:39 -0000 Jerry McAllister wrote: > On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 11:09:54PM -0700, Tim Judd wrote: > > >> >> >> Not to be presumptious, or rude, but I've read the first part of this >> thread (a bit late, yes) and I'm just confused. >> >> If you're going to go so far as to prep the drive at home, before >> driving to the NOC, with a unrunnable OS on a labeled disk, it seems silly. >> >> I propose: >> Do a typical install of FreeBSD 6.4/7.1 on this disk. Let it be as >> full as to boot an operating system (but maybe skip out on the >> networking blah blah setups). >> Bring this (verified) bootable disk to the NOC, install it as da0 >> Move the old, 73GB failing disk to da1 >> Boot the Dell, maybe running in single-user mode >> You've got a pristine format (or pristine enough) to restore the >> filesystems on top of it. >> Rebooting with da0 again to see if your network settings, startup, >> apps, etc etc etc all start as appropriate. >> >> Only if this method fails, do you use the Fixit CD and "fix it" >> > > This is good, especially if he wants to upgrade to the next > version of FreeBSD at the same time. > > But IIRC the problem is not that the OS currently on the disk does > not work, but that there are some problems with the disk itself - > but that it is still readable. It is more about replacing the > disk with another presumed more reliable than the current one. > So, in that case, it is much easier to take the few minutes to > build the disk slice & partitions and then just do the dump/restores > than to build everything new and then hand pick the things he wants > to save from the old disk. > > But, if an upgrade is done at the same time - probably a good idea > actually - then that hand picking will be done anyway, so might as > well do it as you say. I took it straight from his original > question rather than from the notion of doing an upgrade along the way. > > ////jerry > > > >> Am I crazy to think this is the more logical, more straightforward way >> to perform this migration? If Grant has already done the job, more >> power to him, but I just found it a little confusing that one would >> label a drive, format it, and possibly spend more time with the slower >> CD-ROM based Fixit than running off a nice, new 10k/15k RPM drive to >> drive everything. >> >> If my method above is failing a point, I'd be more than happy to hear >> your statements and correct my procedures for it. My method above has >> only one tricky part, is to restore the 'a' partition from olddrive to >> newdrive. -- and that is probably a piece of cake. >> >> >> Grant, good luck (if you haven't done it yet). >> >> --Tim >> > _______________________________________________ > 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" > > > Hi Jerry, Since you original reply to my email is still my prefered method, could you please resent it (if you have a copy in your sent items mailbox). I am wrestling with Thunderbird (on freebsd) to import all my email folders from OE, with no success). I do understand all the various methods though and thanks to all for the replies! -Grant