Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2007 15:27:03 +1100 From: Norberto Meijome <freebsd@meijome.net> To: Gaston Rey <gastonlrey@yahoo.com.ar> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Question Message-ID: <20071217152703.07f955f6@meijome.net> In-Reply-To: <654217.98107.qm@web50506.mail.re2.yahoo.com> References: <654217.98107.qm@web50506.mail.re2.yahoo.com>
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On Sun, 16 Dec 2007 08:32:04 -0800 (PST)
Gaston Rey <gastonlrey@yahoo.com.ar> wrote:
> Hi all,
> I need to know how to migrate a HD from my actual Server to another r=
ecently made up. This HD has the base operating system and i want to move u=
p it to the other server but surely it'll carry up a kernel panic error :s=
=20
>=20
> does Anybody know how to do it?
Hola Gast=F3n,
FBsd isn't windows - go ahead and do it - if u can get the new HD and hook =
it up to the old box, go into single user mode , partition the new disk as=
you wish, mount each partition at a time and transfer the data.=20
to transfer the data, you can use dump and restore , or tar (with the prope=
r bunch of switches)...I personally use=20
rsync --progress --recursive -x --delete /orig/ /dest
but the others should work just fine.
don't forget to run the boot0cfg against the new drive's / partition. (or j=
ust take the disk as is to the new server, boot from an install CD, go into=
rescue mode and do it from there, to be 100% sure there is no mixup with t=
he older box...but you shouldn't have to).
Bill M's answer is spot on - make sure your current kernel supports all you=
r hardware, and that fstab and bootloader are pointing ,in the new drive (a=
fter you've copied all the data), to the right devices in the new machine.=
=20
Suerte,
B
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