Date: Tue, 21 Jan 1997 12:10:24 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Zahemszky Gabor <zgabor@code.hu> Cc: FreeBSD questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: how do I put in a new root partition hdd Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.970121121007.25512E-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <199701161245.NAA00267@CoDe.hu>
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On Thu, 16 Jan 1997, Zahemszky Gabor wrote: > > > This may seem like silly question, but how do I put in a new HDD, (IDE) > > > that will be the / or root partition, when I have another HDD as the > > > /usr partition, without trashing the secondary HDD and its contents.? > > > I shuld just be able to do a minimal install, and restore a DUMP of the > > > original root partition right? I can do that on another OS, what happens > > > with FreeBSD? > > > > Generally, the /usr partition is a separate partition. You can safely > > install to a new disk and rewire the new system to use your old /usr by > > modifying /etc/disktab. You shouldn't have any trouble, just as long as > > -----------------^ > > I think , /etc/fstab would be better for this. You are correct. /etc/disktab doesn't exactly exist :) Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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