Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2001 15:38:28 -0800 From: lists <lists@lists.grot.org> To: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: installing onto a new drive from a running system Message-ID: <20010222153828.A70988@mighty.grot.org> In-Reply-To: <14997.41233.433901.457458@guru.mired.org>; from mwm@mired.org on Thu, Feb 22, 2001 at 05:30:25PM -0600 References: <20010222152655.A70899@mighty.grot.org> <14997.41233.433901.457458@guru.mired.org>
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On Thu, Feb 22, 2001 at 05:30:25PM -0600, Mike Meyer wrote: > lists <lists@lists.grot.org> types: > > Is there a way to put a fresh FreeBSD installation onto a second harddrive in > > a running system that doesn't involve booting from floppies or CD or using yet > > another drive and dd? If I've missed the documentation that specifies this > > procedure, I would appreciate a pointer. > > I don't know if it's documented anywhere, but you can build a system > from sources and have the results installed in an arbitrary directory. So would that install everything? that is, all I should have to do is newfs and install boot blocks before a make installworld to something like /mnt? Adi To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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