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Thursday, 22 July 2010 13:49 |
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Follow this steps to transfer FreeBSD on new hard drive of any size.
- Connect the new hard disk in the system with a FreeBSD (/dev/ad1s1)
- Split the new drive into sections like old one using /stand/sysinstall. Size /dev/ad1s1a may be greater than /dev/ad0s1a.
- Create a temporary folder and subfolders:
mkdir /backup
mkdir /backup/root
mkdir /backup/usr
mkdir /backup/var
mkdir /backup/tmp
- Boot up with single user
- Mount partitions:
mount /dev/ad1s1a/backup/root
mount /dev/ad1s1e/backup/var
mount /dev/ad1s1f/backup/usr
(here specify your own)
- Transfer system:
( dump -0f - / ) | ( cd /backup/root ; restore -rf - )
( dump -0f - /var ) | ( cd /backup/var ; restore -rf - )
( dump -0f - /usr ) | ( cd /backup/usr ; restore -rf - )
- Unmount
umount /backup/root
umount /backup/var
umount /backup/usr
- Turn on Soft Updates
tunefs -n enable /dev/ad1s1a
tunefs -n enable /dev/ad1s1e
tunefs -n enable /dev/ad1s1f
Now you can remove from old hard drive and replace it with new one.
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