From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 7 15:13:38 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E4F5516A417 for ; Tue, 7 Nov 2006 15:13:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from heli@mikestammer.com) Received: from smtp102.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com (smtp102.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com [68.142.198.201]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 44F2F43D4C for ; Tue, 7 Nov 2006 15:12:16 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from heli@mikestammer.com) Received: (qmail 39530 invoked from network); 7 Nov 2006 15:12:08 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mail.mikestammer.com) (mikestammer@sbcglobal.net@70.131.98.204 with login) by smtp102.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com with SMTP; 7 Nov 2006 15:12:07 -0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.mikestammer.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id D492D1E8; Tue, 7 Nov 2006 09:12:06 -0600 (CST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at mikestammer.com Received: from mail.mikestammer.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (gondolin.middleearth.mikestammer.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id TKqm2LzE5PXe; Tue, 7 Nov 2006 09:12:02 -0600 (CST) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: eric) by mail.mikestammer.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id EFF9FB5; Tue, 7 Nov 2006 09:12:01 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <4550A241.9020302@mikestammer.com> Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2006 09:12:01 -0600 From: Eric User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.7 (Windows/20060909) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jonathan Horne References: <200611070900.01897.freebsd@dfwlp.com> In-Reply-To: <200611070900.01897.freebsd@dfwlp.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: i need to upgrade a disk X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2006 15:13:39 -0000 Jonathan Horne wrote: > i have a system that is FreeBSD 6.2-PRERELEASE, that i need to upgrade its > single disk. id like to keep all its existing slices the same size, and then > use the unused space to create a new /opt slice. would dd be the way to go? > if so, could someone advise on its proper usage for duplicating one disk to > another? > > or, if there is an alternative way to skin this cat, im willing to learn > whatever way might be the best. > > cheers, > jonathan > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" this is what i will be using to migrate from my 1 disk setup to RAID1 tomorrow: http://lantech.geekvenue.net/chucktips/jason/chuck/1004897633/index_html http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/disks.html#NEW-HUGE-DISK Good luck!