Re: Is this safe? Copying a complete install from one HD to another
On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 2:55 AM, Norberto Meijome [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: tar or dump | restore , etc... as long as the different file types (normal, links, sockets,etc) are transferred correctly. the same for user permissions. I actually did this the other week for similar reasons - smartd was starting to give warnings on the drive so I bought a new one and used dump | restore for each partition to move things across. Worked fine and I now have a happier, quieter and more spacious system :) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Is this safe? Copying a complete install from one HD to another
I have a 6.2 machine I just upgraded to 7.0. I did a fresh install on the second HD. I'm almost to the point where I'm sure the install is at least as functional as the previous install (i.e. I didn't break anything). The second HD has always seemed a bit chintzy to me (and you can hear the drive heads when it is active), so I'd just as soon get the 7.0 OS off of there, and onto the main drive. I also prefer to use the main HD, because it's partitioned nicer. I heard you can tar data from an old drive to a new one, and have it work properly, provided the MBR is set up to boot that partition, is this correct? Planned method: use sysinstall to reformat the old /, /usr, /var and /tmp mount the old /, /usr, /var, and as /old, /old/usr, /old/var respectively. (in /old) $ tar -cf - -exclude /old -exclude /tmp / | tar -xf - edit /old/etc/fstab appropriately reboot. Should this work? Thanks, -Jim Stapleton ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Is this safe? Copying a complete install from one HD to another
On Mon, 24 Mar 2008 18:59:34 -0400
Jim Stapleton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have a 6.2 machine I just upgraded to 7.0. I did a fresh install on
the second HD. I'm almost to the point where I'm sure the install is
at least as functional as the previous install (i.e. I didn't break
anything). The second HD has always seemed a bit chintzy to me (and
you can hear the drive heads when it is active), so I'd just as soon
get the 7.0 OS off of there, and onto the main drive. I also prefer to
use the main HD, because it's partitioned nicer. I heard you can tar
data from an old drive to a new one, and have it work properly,
provided the MBR is set up to boot that partition, is this correct?
yup, this has been discussed several times in the list. I've used it countless
times to replicate my laptop to a separate disk before a major upgrade.
tar or dump | restore , etc... as long as the different file types (normal,
links, sockets,etc) are transferred correctly. the same for user permissions.
B
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