Re: Copy a FreeBSD 8* install to larger HD
On 23/06/2010 5:52 π.μ., Al Plant wrote: Aloha, I am looking for the easiest way to copy a fresh working FreeBSD 8* HD install (Manolis version) to a bigger HD that I found. I plan to have the new HD in the same box for doing this copy. Can I use sysinstall to make the new default slices on the big HD and then move the OS and directories/files to them? What command (utility) do I use? dd or cp or some other to copy the files. Thanks Hey Al! Back to your FreeBSD adventures, heh ;) You can certainly use sysinstall to create the slice. I suggest you use the command line bsdlabel to create the partitions. On your current system, use dump/restore to dump /, /var and /usr to the new disk directly (or you can save the dumps to some external disk and use it via fixit if you don't wish to mount both drives on the same machine). It would be best to run dump/restore in single user mode, without mounting /usr and /var, or at least with the minimum number of processes running. If you do run on a live filesystem, use the -L flag in dump (I've had some problems with this on large filesystems). Email me if you need more detailed instructions, I am currently investigating this method as a quick installation system for my custom FreeBSD systems. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Copy a FreeBSD 8* install to larger HD
Aloha, I am looking for the easiest way to copy a fresh working FreeBSD 8* HD install (Manolis version) to a bigger HD that I found. I plan to have the new HD in the same box for doing this copy. Can I use sysinstall to make the new default slices on the big HD and then move the OS and directories/files to them? What command (utility) do I use? dd or cp or some other to copy the files. Thanks ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 + http://hawaiidakine.com + http://freebsdinfo.org + + http://aloha50.net - Supporting - FreeBSD 7.2 - 8.0 - 9* + email: n...@hdk5.net All that's really worth doing is what we do for others.- Lewis Carrol ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Copy a FreeBSD 8* install to larger HD
On Tue, 22 Jun 2010, Al Plant wrote: I am looking for the easiest way to copy a fresh working FreeBSD 8* HD install (Manolis version) to a bigger HD that I found. I plan to have the new HD in the same box for doing this copy. http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/disks.html#NEW-HUGE-DISK ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Copy a FreeBSD 8* install to larger HD
Al Plant wrote: Aloha, I am looking for the easiest way to copy a fresh working FreeBSD 8* HD install (Manolis version) to a bigger HD that I found. I plan to have the new HD in the same box for doing this copy. Can I use sysinstall to make the new default slices on the big HD and then move the OS and directories/files to them? Last time I did this, it worked fine ... just make sure the slices (right term?) correspond with your /etc/fstab, or you'll end up in single user or even stuck at a boot prompt with the new drive the first time out. What command (utility) do I use? dd or cp or some other to copy the files. I'd recommend dump and restore ... possibly piping dump *to* restore, something like: dump -0 -a -L -u -f - /usr | ( cd /newusr ; restore -ruf - ) HTH. Thanks You're welcome :-) Kevin Kinsey ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Copy a FreeBSD 8* install to larger HD
Al and others, One solution or way to do it would be to get Clonezilla Live CD http://clonezilla.org/clonezilla-live/ Connect both hard drives check carefully which one is the smaller one and select it as the source, and copy it exactly as it is. Let clonezilla do its thing. When finished, shutdown the machine and unplug the old/smaller hard drive and leave the other one plugged in and start the machine. Everything should work normally. HTH, Antonio On 6/22/10, Kevin Kinsey k...@daleco.biz wrote: Al Plant wrote: Aloha, I am looking for the easiest way to copy a fresh working FreeBSD 8* HD install (Manolis version) to a bigger HD that I found. I plan to have the new HD in the same box for doing this copy. Can I use sysinstall to make the new default slices on the big HD and then move the OS and directories/files to them? Last time I did this, it worked fine ... just make sure the slices (right term?) correspond with your /etc/fstab, or you'll end up in single user or even stuck at a boot prompt with the new drive the first time out. What command (utility) do I use? dd or cp or some other to copy the files. I'd recommend dump and restore ... possibly piping dump *to* restore, something like: dump -0 -a -L -u -f - /usr | ( cd /newusr ; restore -ruf - ) HTH. Thanks You're welcome :-) Kevin Kinsey ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
