> > Hello, > I'm back after a year absence. I have Bacula 2.2.8 installed on a > FreeBSD machine. I want first to upgrade then to image an xpsp2 machine. I'm > wanting to back the system up completely, using vss, ensuring i get the > system state, then drop in a new hard disk, one that's larger, boot from > some rescue CD, probably one i'm having to make, and then load the client, > and recover the backup to the new disk. A reboot should bring windows up on > the disk. Has anyone done this or similar?
I have done exactly that before on two occasions - once to replace a disk that was failing, and another time to put in a larger disk. I used BartPE with enough of bacula on it to make it run, and then just did the restore. I think the only minor issue I had was making the partition active or writing the MBR or something. The XP install CD booted in recovery mode had a few options to fix that. Or maybe I used BartPE to do that... it was quite a few years ago. The advantage you have in doing this is that if it doesn't work you've still got the old disk. James ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ OpenSolaris 2009.06 is a cutting edge operating system for enterprises looking to deploy the next generation of Solaris that includes the latest innovations from Sun and the OpenSource community. Download a copy and enjoy capabilities such as Networking, Storage and Virtualization. Go to: http://p.sf.net/sfu/opensolaris-get _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
