From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 23 06:19:19 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B93E6106566C for ; Thu, 23 Sep 2010 06:19:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from guru@unixarea.de) Received: from ms16-1.1blu.de (ms16-1.1blu.de [89.202.0.34]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 771F18FC13 for ; Thu, 23 Sep 2010 06:19:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [193.31.11.193] (helo=current.Sisis.de) by ms16-1.1blu.de with esmtpsa (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Oyf9G-0007Yu-9F; Thu, 23 Sep 2010 08:19:14 +0200 Received: from current.Sisis.de (current [127.0.0.1]) by current.Sisis.de (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id o8N6JH11002104; Thu, 23 Sep 2010 08:19:17 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from guru@unixarea.de) Received: (from guru@localhost) by current.Sisis.de (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id o8N6JGhq002103; Thu, 23 Sep 2010 08:19:16 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from guru@unixarea.de) X-Authentication-Warning: current.Sisis.de: guru set sender to guru@unixarea.de using -f Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2010 08:19:16 +0200 From: Matthias Apitz To: Edward Message-ID: <20100923061916.GA1945@current.Sisis.de> References: <447149.36059.qm@web30808.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <4C9AAF66.9050308@rdtan.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <4C9AAF66.9050308@rdtan.net> X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 8.0-CURRENT (i386) User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.19 (2009-01-05) X-Con-Id: 51246 X-Originating-IP: 193.31.11.193 Cc: =?iso-8859-1?Q?D=E1nielisz_L=E1szl=F3?= , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: migrate system disk X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Matthias Apitz List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2010 06:19:19 -0000 El día Thursday, September 23, 2010 a las 09:37:42AM +0800, Edward escribió: > > > I have an old HDD which should be replaced soon, actually that HDD stands as my > > system disk, what is your suggesion, how should I migrate the FreeBSD 8.1 from > > the old disk to the new one? > > I've used to do this a lot for server hardware migration, moving from 1 > server to another new server. This blog post recorded what I tried & did : > http://scratching.psybermonkey.net/2010/01/freebsd-backup-and-restore-freebsd.html I did an similar aproach, moving a complete system by dump/restore to another (virtual) hardware to get a 1:1 clone of my laptop. The steps are documented in detail here: http://www.unixarea.de/OS/moveFreeBSDintoVM.txt HIH matthias -- Matthias Apitz t +49-89-61308 351 - f +49-89-61308 399 - m +49-170-4527211 e - w http://www.unixarea.de/ Solidarity with the zionistic pirates of Israel? Not in my name! ¿Solidaridad con los piratas sionistas de Israel? ¡No en mi nombre!