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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!agate!library.ucla.edu!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!MathWorks.Com!panix!not-for-mail From: rpritz@panix.com (richard) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: move freebsd Date: 7 Aug 1994 12:14:54 -0400 Organization: usenet central Lines: 20 Message-ID: <32319u$k8f@panix2.panix.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: panix2.panix.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] i would like to move freebsd to a new partition. i have a spare dos partition (call it /c) big enough to hold my existing freebsd system cd / tar cvf /c/bsd.tar * install freebsd from disks to new location (which is on the same drive as the old system, and install won't let me install two bsds on the same drive, so i'll have to delete the old system first) from new freebsd: mount /c cd / tar xvf /c/bsd.tar am i missing something? or should this rewrite the new system with the old system, which is what i want. btw, does the -W option on tar test the integrity of the archive? i'd hate to have an error in bsd.tar thanks much