Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 19:56:32 +0400 From: "Rino Mardo" <rmardo@crosswinds.net> To: "Kathy Quinlan" <katinka@magestower.com>, <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: upgrading to larger HDD Message-ID: <006801c0d18e$f5ebb3c0$26162ad5@pikachu> References: <019401c0d188$d8cc50c0$fe00a8c0@kat.lan>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I saw that article too and I think it should work for you with a bit of adjustment. Here's what you can do based on my experience upgrading SCO Unixes (correct where applicable): 1. install big hd as secondary 2. format big hd as UFS to prepare it to receive fbsd 3. now, mount big hd to /mnt in your small hd 4. do a (cd /; tar cf - / | cd /mnt; tar xvf -) note: i don't have access to a *nix box right now so you might want to check how to preserve the files 5. before rebooting, you might want to edit your /etc/fstab in the big hd to reflect the new setup 6. shutdown, remove small hd, setup big hd as primary and boot! :-) I may miss some steps here so someone correct me. P.S. a *nix guy with experience in *nix administration/ids/security just got laid off (me). looking for work. sorry for shameless plug. - - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kathy Quinlan" <katinka@magestower.com> To: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Monday, April 30, 2001 7:18 PM Subject: upgrading to larger HDD > Hi all :o) > > I am finally moving my server from 700Mb to 4.6Gb and need some > advice : > > I am not interested in keeping the old drive in the system, and > just want to run the new one :o) > > What is the best way to do this ??? > > I thought about a clean install, but as all the config is nearly > the way I want it, was wondering how do I "copy" the old drive to > the new. > > I found a cheat sheet on mostgraveconcern, but this was written for > 3.4 and as I am running 4.1.1R (will cvsup now I have the space to > 4.3R :o)) I am not sure the idea will still work ??? > > Thanks in advance for replies. > > Regards, > > Kat. > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGPfreeware 6.5.3 for non-commercial use <http://www.pgp.com>; iQA/AwUBOu1S8J3BjpoeGpz8EQJDRwCgwUJG672ladxKfQ+2dhf321VwVFEAoNYJ 3eBL2ASEClorfy3KuDgoX2YS =XAMQ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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