Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 09:19:10 +0200 (CEST) From: "Per Engelbrecht" <per@xterm.dk> To: <freebsd-isp@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: funny customers Message-ID: <54027.62.242.151.142.1095923950.squirrel@mailbox.wingercom.dk> In-Reply-To: <20040922165122.7b0f77cf@linux-dna.everyware.ch> References: <20040922165122.7b0f77cf@linux-dna.everyware.ch>
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Hi Dimitri > >> 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! (sorry for this late reply, but something came up) First of all I appreciate your thorough answer very much. I'll have a go at the livecd/cd2 first and let you and the rest of you know the result. Thank you. respectfully /per per@xterm.dk > > - Dimitri > > > -- > Dimitri Aivaliotis > EveryWare AG > Birmensdorferstrasse 125 > 8003 Zurich > > tel: +41 (1) 466 60 00 > fax: +41 (1) 466 60 10 > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-isp@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-isp > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-isp-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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