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? > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail > http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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