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Subject: Re: Replacing hd
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Hi Mark,


> I have a hd going bad. It is not the primary drive but is
> ad2s1e
> ad2s1f
> 
> it holds /usr and /tmp
> 
> How can I put in  a new drive and copy everything over and not miss a
> beat. if possible.

read the faq. This one will help you out, although it's not 100% what
you need, all answers are within this chapter:

http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/disks.html#NEW-HUGE-DISK


 -volker