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Date: Thu, 23 Oct 1997 13:07:05 -0700 (PDT)
From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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To: Andrew <perrya@python.shoal.net.au>
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Subject: Re: switching to scsi hard drive
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On Fri, 17 Oct 1997, Andrew wrote:

> does anyone have any instructions for swapping from an ide hard drive to a
> scsi drive? I've had a bit of a look through the FAQ and the archives but
> failed to find anything.

I.e., copying the whole thing over?  You can use tar | tar type
construction, dump | restore, or a suggestion in my tutorial at
http://www.freebsd.org/tutorials/diskformat/.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major