From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 15 20:43:24 2004 Return-Path: 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 B55DC16A4CE for ; Mon, 15 Mar 2004 20:43:24 -0800 (PST) Received: from browar.homelinux.org (82-43-72-102.cable.ubr06.croy.blueyonder.co.uk [82.43.72.102]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 09EB143D45 for ; Mon, 15 Mar 2004 20:43:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from spiryt@vaginus.kicks-ass.org) Received: (qmail 15238 invoked from network); 16 Mar 2004 04:41:35 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO gorzelnia.homelinux.org) (192.168.0.5) by browar.homelinux.org with SMTP; 16 Mar 2004 04:41:35 -0000 From: "Szymon K." To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2004 04:44:41 +0000 User-Agent: KMail/1.6.1 References: <20040316041146.GA2408@cloudfactory.org> In-Reply-To: <20040316041146.GA2408@cloudfactory.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <200403160444.41481.spiryt@vaginus.kicks-ass.org> Subject: Re: migrate system to new HD question X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: spiryt@vaginus.kicks-ass.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2004 04:43:24 -0000 On Tuesday 16 March 2004 04:11, Terrac Skiens wrote: > Hello All, > > I have been running a FreeBSD system for fun & semi-pro uses for about 4 > years. In all that time I only upgraded the Hard Disk once. That upgrade > came at the same time as an OS upgrade, and at that time the server was > used for much less. Now the applications, configuration, and data are all > very important to me. > > So now it's time to upgrade again. and I want to migrate all the data > from one disk (20gb) to another (80gb). Does anyone know of a way of > imaging one drive onto the other? Idealy I would like to increase some of > the slices as well, but that may not be possible. > > If anyone knows of a way, please let me know. There's a nice HOWTO @ http://lantech.geekvenue.net/chucktips/jason/chuck/1004897633/index_html I'd used it to migrate my FreeBSD 4.9 install to a new disk. Takes some tim= e=20 but works superb. Take Care... =2D-=20 =2D-=3D Gates to Windows are closing ... =3D-- =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0-=3D Balmerisation equals L= amerisation =3D- =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0= =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0-=3D =A0Internet Exploiter 6.0= 0 =3D-