Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2003 02:20:05 -1000 (HST) From: Vincent Poy <vince@oahu.WURLDLINK.NET> To: Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ghost for FreeBSD Message-ID: <20030903021608.B64375-100000@oahu.WURLDLINK.NET> In-Reply-To: <5.2.0.9.0.20030903080614.09499528@209.112.4.2>
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g4u doesn't work too well as I don't have another ftp server locally other then the FreeBSD machine itself. I already figured out how to do it and a better way that can be done via cron automatically... 12.3.1 Using sysinstall(8) Navigating Sysinstall You may use /stand/sysinstall to partition and label a new disk using its easy to use menus. Either login as user root or use the su command. Run /stand/sysinstall and enter the Configure menu. Within the FreeBSD Configuration Menu, scroll down and select the Fdisk option. fdisk Partition Editor Once inside fdisk, we can type A to use the entire disk for FreeBSD. When asked if you want to ``remain cooperative with any future possible operating systems'', answer YES. Write the changes to the disk using W. Now exit the FDISK editor by typing q. Next you will be asked about the Master Boot Record. Since you are adding a disk to an already running system, choose None. Disk Label Editor Next, you need to exit sysinstall and start it again. Follow the directions above, although this time choose the Label option. This will enter the Disk Label Editor. This is where you will create the traditional BSD partitions. A disk can have up to eight partitions, labeled a-h. A few of the partition labels have special uses. The a partition is used for the root partition (/). Thus only your system disk (e.g, the disk you boot from) should have an a partition. The b partition is used for swap partitions, and you may have many disks with swap partitions. The c partition addresses the entire disk in dedicated mode, or the entire FreeBSD slice in slice mode. The other partitions are for general use. sysinstall's Label editor favors the e partition for non-root, non-swap partitions. Within the Label editor, create a single file system by typing C. When prompted if this will be a FS (file system) or swap, choose FS and type in a mount point (e.g, /mnt). When adding a disk in post-install mode, sysinstall will not create entries in /etc/fstab for you, so the mount point you specify is not important. In this stage, specify / for the mountpoint to get the a partition and then change the mountpoint to /mnt/root before exiting or writing in the label editor. You are now ready to write the new label to the disk and create a file system on it. Do this by typing W. Ignore any errors from sysinstall that it could not mount the new partition. Exit the Label Editor and sysinstall completely. After this: mkdir /mnt mkdir /mnt/root mkdir /mnt/var mkdir /mnt/usr /sbin/mount /dev/ad1s1a /mnt/root /sbin/mount /dev/ad1s1e /mnt/var /sbin/mount /dev/ad1s1f /mnt/usr cd /mnt/root /sbin/dump -L -f- /|restore -rf- cd /mnt/var /sbin/dump -L -f- /var|restore -rf- cd /mnt/usr /sbin/dump -L -f- /usr|restore -rf- Cheers, Vince - vince@WURLDLINK.NET - Vice President ________ __ ____ Unix Networking Operations - FreeBSD-Real Unix for Free / / / / | / |[__ ] WurldLink Corporation / / / / | / | __] ] San Francisco - Honolulu - Hong Kong / / / / / |/ / | __] ] HongKong Stars/Gravis UltraSound Mailing Lists Admin /_/_/_/_/|___/|_|[____] Almighty1@IRC - oahu.DAL.NET Hawaii's DALnet IRC Network Server Admin On Wed, 3 Sep 2003, Mike Tancsa wrote: > > use g4u to make a copy of your HD to a local ftp server off your original > drive. You can then restore it that way too. i.e you dont need both drives > in at the same time. > > ---Mike > > At 10:56 AM 30/08/2003 -1000, Vincent Poy wrote: > > I have a question regarding this as well. Let's say that my > >FreeBSD is running on a Dell Inspiron 8200 notebook with a Fujitsu 2.5" > >4200rpm 60GB HD which has 116280 cylinders/16 heads/63 sectors per track/ > >512 bytes per sector. I just recently bought a Hitachi TravelStar 7K60 > >7200rpm 60GB HD which has 116280 cylinders/16 heads/63 sectors per > >track, 512 bytes per sector but the problem is I can't use g4u as I have > >to remove the FDD from the bay to add the 2nd HDD to the system. So this > >appears that both drives are 100% identical in size and parameters. What > >do I need to do to completely copy the entire drive from the old drive to > >the new drive under FreeBSD? Thanks. > > > > > >Cheers, > >Vince - vince@WURLDLINK.NET - Vice President ________ __ ____ > >Unix Networking Operations - FreeBSD-Real Unix for Free / / / / | / |[__ ] > >WurldLink Corporation / / / / | / | __] ] > >San Francisco - Honolulu - Hong Kong / / / / / |/ / | __] ] > >HongKong Stars/Gravis UltraSound Mailing Lists Admin /_/_/_/_/|___/|_|[____] > >Almighty1@IRC - oahu.DAL.NET Hawaii's DALnet IRC Network Server Admin > > > >On Sat, 30 Aug 2003, Mike Tancsa wrote: > > > > > > > > Sorry, didnt mean to hit send so quickly. What I meant to say is that g4u > > > will do what you want. Also, take a look at just plain old dump and > > > restore. If you want to have an image of what is on your partition as well > > > as have incremental backups it works really well too. > > > > > > ---Mike > > > > > > At 10:29 AM 30/08/2003 -0400, Mike Tancsa wrote: > > > >Hi, > > > >take a look at g4u/ It works really well > > > > > > > >http://www.feyrer.de/g4u/ > > > > > > > > ---Mike > > > > > > > >At 03:02 PM 30/08/2003 +0200, Stefan Malte Schumacher wrote: > > > > > > > >>Hi > > > >> > > > >>Well, just like the subject says I am for a program or a backup approach > > > >>simillar to the one I am currently using. I boot with a Dos-Bootdisk and > > > >>use Ghost to backup my Linux-Partitions to a FAT-Partition and then > > > >>distribute the images around different computers on the network. I would > > > >>like to be able to something like this with FreeBSD. I have had a look at > > > >>Ghost 4 Unix but this is mainly oriented towards deploying images via the > > > >>network while I just want to store the files locally. The advantage > > of Ghost > > > >>and Ghost4Unix is that is is very easy to restore the system even if > > it so > > > >>messed up that it wont boot. How can I do this ? > > > >> > > > >> > > > >>Bye > > > >>Stefan > > > >> > > > >>_______________________________________________ > > > >>freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > > >>http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > > >>To unsubscribe, send any mail to > > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > > > >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > > >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > > >To unsubscribe, send any mail to > > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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