From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Dec 28 8:24: 7 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from unix.megared.net.mx (megamail.megared.com.mx [207.249.162.252]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 23A4A14F59 for ; Tue, 28 Dec 1999 08:24:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ales@megared.net.mx) Received: from ales (ales.megared.net.mx [207.249.163.251]) by unix.megared.net.mx (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id KAA00396; Tue, 28 Dec 1999 10:22:25 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from ales@megared.net.mx) Message-ID: <009001bf514f$d7072860$d2630a0a@megared.net.mx> From: "Alejandro Ramirez" To: "Ariel Burbaickij" , References: Subject: RE: Copying freebsd slice of shared disk to larger and dedicated to fbsd one. Date: Tue, 28 Dec 1999 10:23:13 -0600 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi, > I poses 6.4GB HD which is sliced as follows: > 2Gb to windows 95 > 4.4 to fbsd3.2 > I have oportunity to choose at boot-up which operating system to run. > I use fbsdloader fot this purpose. > I decised that i do not need any crutches any more and can go by myself.:) > What i want to do is to copy the fbsd slice to 12gb large hd that will > be entirely dedicated to it.Yes,I HAVE read appropriate articles in fbsd > diary and i will do something simmilar.One point is not clear to me > though:As far as I have understood the persons in article have copied > from one dedicated disk to another one.With regard to this I would like > to ask:Does some pecularities exist that have to do with boot-sektor? No, just fdisk your new disk, label it, restore your system, and make it bootable. Have Fun... Ales > Should I somehow prepare the larger disk so that it be able to deal > with the fact that os loader existed on smaller disk ?In any case > what I would like to have at end is bootable large disk dedicated to fbsd. > What changes of sequence of steps to those described in article to are > needed with regard to situation > presented.Maybe entirely another scenario of copying? > > Any futher questions aimed to clarify the situation are surely welcome. > > kind regards, > Ariel > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message