Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2010 10:20:56 -0700 (PDT) From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?D=E1nielisz_L=E1szl=F3?= <laszlo_danielisz@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: migrate system disk Message-ID: <417571.12469.qm@web30808.mail.mud.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20100922180646.2abcb760.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <447149.36059.qm@web30808.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <20100922180646.2abcb760.freebsd@edvax.de>
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I'm using UFS.=0AThank you!=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A________________________________= =0AFrom: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>=0ATo: D=E1nielisz L=E1szl=F3 <laszlo= _danielisz@yahoo.com>=0ACc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org=0ASent: Wed, Sept= ember 22, 2010 6:06:46 PM=0ASubject: Re: migrate system disk=0A=0AOn Wed, 2= 2 Sep 2010 08:06:13 -0700 (PDT), D=E1nielisz L=E1szl=F3 =0A<laszlo_danielis= z@yahoo.com> wrote:=0A> Hello,=0A> =0A> I have an old HDD which should be r= eplaced soon, actually that HDD stands as my =0A>=0A> system disk, what is = your suggesion, how should I migrate the FreeBSD 8.1 from =0A=0A> the old d= isk to the new one?=0A=0AAre you running ZFS or UFS on that disk? If UFS, g= o with the=0Aclassical way: use dump + restore. There's a very good example= =0Ain the handbook.=0A=0A http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/backup-bas= ics.html=0A=0AAlso look here:=0A=0A http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread= .php?t=3D11680=0A=0AUse a FreeBSD live system CD or DVD to prepare the targ= et disk=0A(install boot code, make slices and partitions); you can also=0Au= se sysinstall to do that.=0A=0AThen go with dump + restore. You'll find mor= e hints when searching=0Athe mailing list archive.=0A=0AIf you're on ZFS, u= se ZFS's tools to export and re-import the=0Apool, quite simple.=0A=0A=0A= =0A-- =0APolytropon=0AMagdeburg, Germany=0AHappy FreeBSD user since 4.0=0AA= ndra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...=0A=0A=0A=0A
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