Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 16:51:22 +0200 From: Dimitri Aivaliotis <dna@everyware.ch> To: "Per Engelbrecht" <per@xterm.dk> Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: funny customers Message-ID: <20040922165122.7b0f77cf@linux-dna.everyware.ch> In-Reply-To: <63469.62.242.151.142.1095863681.squirrel@mailbox.wingercom.dk> References: <41514B1D.2030603@enta.net> <63469.62.242.151.142.1095863681.squirrel@mailbox.wingercom.dk>
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On Wed, 22 Sep 2004 16:34:41 +0200 (CEST) "Per Engelbrecht" <per@xterm.dk> wrote: > Keeping in mind that alle the data from / down are important, the > standard procedure adding_a_disk won't work due to the dd part. > A simple mount (finding disk from dmesg) didn't work eighter .. > Both running system and disk use UFS2. > > Maybe I'm overlooking the obvious, but what besides the above would do > the trick ? Have you tried dump/restore? (see http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/disks.html#NEW-HUGE-DISK) You'll be wanting the reverse of what's given here, or some variant. 1) Use either a LiveCD, or another FreeBSD box with an extra disk. 2) Use fdisk and disklabel to set-up the extra disk like the one on your customer's machine. 3) Install the disk from the customer's machine. 4) Mount both disks in appropriate places: /dev/(blank)s1a on /mnt/copy/ /dev/(blank)s1f on /mnt/copy/usr /dev/(blank)s1d on /mnt/copy/var and /dev/(cust)s1a on /mnt/customer/ /dev/(cust)s1f on /mnt/customer/usr /dev/(cust)s1d on /mnt/customer/var (adapt to your slice layout and disk device) 5) dump & restore: cd /mnt/copy dump 0af - /mnt/customer/ | restore xf - This will take awhile, depending on the size & speed of each of the disks. Good luck! - Dimitri -- Dimitri Aivaliotis EveryWare AG Birmensdorferstrasse 125 8003 Zurich tel: +41 (1) 466 60 00 fax: +41 (1) 466 60 10
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