Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2004 22:01:33 +1100 From: Tig <tigger@onemoremonkey.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [FAQ pointer] Re: Copy old drive to new drive - is it possible? Message-ID: <20040222220133.4fe1ec77@piglet.goo> In-Reply-To: <443c94cx68.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> References: <20040221213841.76391b1c@piglet.goo> <443c94cx68.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
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On 21 Feb 2004 09:41:19 -0500 Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> wrote: > Tig <tigger@onemoremonkey.com> writes: > > > Hi, I have a hard drive which is on its last legs. I also have new > > hard drive to replace the old one. I was wondering if it is possible > > to simply copy everything from the old drive to the new (after > > formating the new drive) and have my system back up and running, or > > do I need to reinstall the OS and everything else? > > "How do I move my system over to my huge new disk?" > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/disks.html#NEW-HUGE-DISK > Just for the record. The FAQ link above was very helpful and I now have my old, single disk installation spread across two new, fat hard disks and everything is working great. dump | restore was also very easy to use and very quick. Thanks heaps! -Tig
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