Re: [FAQ pointer] Re: Copy old drive to new drive - is it possible?

[Tig]

On 21 Feb 2004 09:41:19 -0500
Lowell Gilbert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Tig [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
 
  Hi, I have a hard drive which is on its last legs. I also have new
  hard drive to replace the old one. I was wondering if it is possible
  to simply copy everything from the old drive to the new (after
  formating the new drive) and have my system back up and running, or
  do I need to reinstall the OS and everything else?
 
 How do I move my system over to my huge new disk?
 http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/disks.html#NEW-HUGE-DISK
 

Just for the record. The FAQ link above was very helpful and I now have
my old, single disk installation spread across two new, fat hard disks
and everything is working great. dump | restore was also very easy to
use and very quick.

Thanks heaps!

-Tig

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Copy old drive to new drive - is it possible?

[Tig]

Hi, I have a hard drive which is on its last legs. I also have new hard
drive to replace the old one. I was wondering if it is possible to
simply copy everything from the old drive to the new (after formating
the new drive) and have my system back up and running, or do I need to
reinstall the OS and everything else?

Tips, URL's or a simple 'from personal experience, best to reinstall'
comments more than welcome.

Thanks for your time.

-Tig
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failing hardware panic

[Tig]

I'm running a FreeBSD 5.2 system and have just started getting a
panic/reboot problem. It *appears* to be a hard drive issue. I'm not
sure where to start, however, in trying to work out which for the 3 IDE
drives has the problem. What commands/tools can I use that will help me
to identify the failing disk? (never had a disk fail before)

Thanks for any replies.

-Tig
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