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 _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
