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Date:      Tue, 28 Dec 1999 10:23:13 -0600
From:      "Alejandro Ramirez" <ales@megared.net.mx>
To:        "Ariel Burbaickij" <Ariel.Burbaickij@mni.fh-giessen.de>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   RE: Copying freebsd slice of shared disk to larger and dedicated to fbsd one.
Message-ID:  <009001bf514f$d7072860$d2630a0a@megared.net.mx>
References:  <Pine.GSO.4.10.9912272005070.5400-100000@sun33>

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Hi,

> I poses 6.4GB HD which is sliced as follows:
> 2Gb to windows 95
> 4.4 to fbsd3.2
> I have oportunity to choose at boot-up which operating system to run.
> I use fbsdloader fot this purpose.
> I decised that i do not need any crutches any more and can go by myself.:)
> What i want to do is to copy the fbsd slice to 12gb large hd that will
> be entirely dedicated to it.Yes,I HAVE read appropriate articles in fbsd
> diary and i will do something simmilar.One point is not clear to me
> though:As far as I have understood the persons in article have copied
> from one dedicated disk to another one.With regard to this I would like
> to ask:Does some pecularities exist that have to do with boot-sektor?

No, just fdisk your new disk, label it, restore your system, and make it
bootable.

Have Fun...
Ales

> Should I somehow prepare the larger disk so that it be able to deal
> with the fact that os loader existed on smaller disk ?In any case
> what I would like to have at end is bootable large disk dedicated to fbsd.
> What changes of sequence of steps to those described in article to  are
> needed with regard to situation
> presented.Maybe entirely another scenario of copying?
>
> Any futher questions aimed to clarify the situation are surely welcome.
>
> kind regards,
> Ariel
>
>
>
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