Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2010 18:06:46 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?D=E1nielisz_L=E1szl=F3?= <laszlo_danielisz@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: migrate system disk Message-ID: <20100922180646.2abcb760.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <447149.36059.qm@web30808.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <447149.36059.qm@web30808.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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On Wed, 22 Sep 2010 08:06:13 -0700 (PDT), D=E1nielisz L=E1szl=F3 <laszlo_da= nielisz@yahoo.com> wrote: > Hello, >=20 > I have an old HDD which should be replaced soon, actually that HDD stands= as my=20 > system disk, what is your suggesion, how should I migrate the FreeBSD 8.1= from=20 > the old disk to the new one? Are you running ZFS or UFS on that disk? If UFS, go with the classical way: use dump + restore. There's a very good example in the handbook. http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/backup-basics.html Also look here: http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=3D11680 Use a FreeBSD live system CD or DVD to prepare the target disk (install boot code, make slices and partitions); you can also use sysinstall to do that. Then go with dump + restore. You'll find more hints when searching the mailing list archive. If you're on ZFS, use ZFS's tools to export and re-import the pool, quite simple. --=20 Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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