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Date:      Sat, 7 Jul 2001 18:44:14 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Matthew Jacob <mjacob@feral.com>
To:        Jeff Mohler <supra87t@yahoo.com>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: best way to migrate to a new disk
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0107071842230.58871-100000@beppo>
In-Reply-To: <20010708013959.16876.qmail@web10301.mail.yahoo.com>

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I always newfs a new disk, mount it async on /altroot, and use

cd /<local_fs>
mkdir -p /altroot/<local_fs>
tar cfl - . | (cd /altroot/<local_fs> && tar xpf -)

I make sure I do a MAKDEV all in /altroot/dev
and I make sure I do a disklabel -B on the new
disk.

It's pretty simple.



On Sat, 7 Jul 2001, Jeff Mohler wrote:

> I need to upgrade to a new HD now that the current one
> has shows some reliability issues..and Im polling for
> what is the best method to do so.
> 
> Do not have a tape drive..but if thats the only
> solution..one could be gained, but Im sure there might
> be an easier way.
> 
> Comments?
> 
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