Alex Zbyslaw wrote:
Chris Roos wrote:
One final question is whether the dump/restore process is the best
approach in this instance? I have read about using dd but am not
entirely sure whether this would do what I need?
No, you should use dump/restore and if it is the root partition you will
need to edit fstab afterwards.
Can I just double check that the editing of fstab is only applicable if
my device names change? During my testing here I have been migrating to
a secondary disk that eventually becomes the primary. As such I haven't
had to change the fstab (both origin and eventually destination are
device ad0). When I do this for real however, I will be migrating from
a single drive to an array so understand that in that case I will need
to edit fstab to reflect the device change (this should be fine as I
have had to do this in the past).
--Alex
PS There's a FAQ all about this. I have no wish to decry the bsdvault
article you quote, since I haven't read it -- it may even be the same as
the FAQ. But if the FAQ or handbook has a section answering your
question, then it is always likely to be the best starting point.
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/disks.html#NEW-HUGE-DISK
Thanks, I'd already read the faq and the bsdvault procedure is very
similar in content. I just wondered if there was any better/other ways
really..
Thanks for your help,
Chris
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