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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.ysu.edu!news.radio.cz!nntprelay.mathworks.com!howland.erols.net!newsfeed.nacamar.de!news1.best.com!news.idiom.com!nntp2.ba.best.com!bofh.noc.best.net!ennui From: rone@bofh.noc.best.net (Ron Echeverri) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Migration Date: 8 Jul 1997 14:09:03 -0700 Organization: fidgety systems administrators gmbh Lines: 21 Message-ID: <5pua9f$nu3$1@bofh.noc.best.net> References: <5pu9f4$hef@nntp02.primenet.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ennui.org Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:44148 In article <5pu9f4$hef@nntp02.primenet.com>, Soren Ragsdale <soren@primenet.com> wrote: >I've got a 1GB drive with a FreeBSD 2.2.2 install, and I'm attempting to >move this installation over to a new 4GB drive. Simply mounting the drive >as another partition and using the extra space that way isn't sufficient - >after the 4GB is in place, the 1GB will be removed for other uses. How >can I do this? I would probably make the root partition on the 4GB disk identical to the one on the 1GB disk, and use dd to duplicate it. Then i'd just copy the rest of the stuff over. This is all in theory, though; there might be something important i've forgotten about. rone -- rone's rules: Ron Echeverri - I don't care. Systems/Usenet Administration - It's not important. Best Internet Communications - Leave me alone. rone@best.net