Re: Copy a FreeBSD 8* install to larger HD

2010-06-23 Thread Manolis Kiagias
On 23/06/2010 5:52 π.μ., Al Plant wrote: Aloha, I am looking for the easiest way to copy a fresh working FreeBSD 8* HD install (Manolis version) to a bigger HD that I found. I plan to have the new HD in the same box for doing this copy. Can I use sysinstall to make the new default slices

Copy a FreeBSD 8* install to larger HD

2010-06-22 Thread Al Plant
Aloha, I am looking for the easiest way to copy a fresh working FreeBSD 8* HD install (Manolis version) to a bigger HD that I found. I plan to have the new HD in the same box for doing this copy. Can I use sysinstall to make the new default slices on the big HD and then move the OS and

Re: Copy a FreeBSD 8* install to larger HD

2010-06-22 Thread Warren Block
On Tue, 22 Jun 2010, Al Plant wrote: I am looking for the easiest way to copy a fresh working FreeBSD 8* HD install (Manolis version) to a bigger HD that I found. I plan to have the new HD in the same box for doing this copy.

Re: Copy a FreeBSD 8* install to larger HD

2010-06-22 Thread Kevin Kinsey
Al Plant wrote: Aloha, I am looking for the easiest way to copy a fresh working FreeBSD 8* HD install (Manolis version) to a bigger HD that I found. I plan to have the new HD in the same box for doing this copy. Can I use sysinstall to make the new default slices on the big HD and then

Re: Copy a FreeBSD 8* install to larger HD

2010-06-22 Thread Antonio Olivares
Al and others, One solution or way to do it would be to get Clonezilla Live CD http://clonezilla.org/clonezilla-live/ Connect both hard drives check carefully which one is the smaller one and select it as the source, and copy it exactly as it is. Let clonezilla do its thing. When finished,