From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Dec 9 00:03:32 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id AAA11170 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 9 Dec 1997 00:03:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from cloud9.net (F23zER9VMlmtFfT6/PeEEYgZnXvg1EhI@cloud9.net [168.100.1.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id AAA11157 for ; Tue, 9 Dec 1997 00:03:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jcondon@computer.net) Received: from computer.net (jcondon.dialup.cloud9.net [168.100.205.40]) by cloud9.net (8.8.8/cloud9-1.1) with ESMTP id DAA07289; Tue, 9 Dec 1997 03:03:16 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <348CFAE8.83D04551@computer.net> Date: Tue, 09 Dec 1997 03:01:44 -0500 From: jcondon Reply-To: jcondon@computer.net X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en] (Win95; U) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Doug White CC: Questions FreeBSD Subject: Re: migrating to new disk References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Doug White wrote: > > On Mon, 8 Dec 1997, Paul T. Root wrote: > > > Hi, > > I bought a new disk yesterday and need to move my system over to > > it. I bought Drive Copy to move Win95. The book made me think there was > > a chance that it would move FreeBSD too, but it didn't. But it did, Windows > > quite well. > > Check out http://www.freebsd.org/tutorials/diskformat/ for info. Powerquest (makers of drive copy) have another product that MAY do the job. It is called Drive Image. The litature on this claims it can copy (but, NOT resize) Unix partitions. You can upgrade from DriveCopy to Drive Image for $15 through PQ. I have used both products but, not on Unix or Freebsd partitions. I upgraded thinking I could copy and resize but, it apperently can only copy and NOT resize. So I will have to reinstall to the new larger drive. I may try it anyway if I do I will report back here with results.