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Subject: Re: [FAQ pointer] Re: Copy old drive to new drive - is it possible?
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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