Okay, thanks for your help, atm, the hdd has been installed as a slave, by mistake.
If I get them to put another on the master, copy all the files like you say here, what do I need to do to make sure the system will boot off the master the next time round ? This is probably a lot to ask, but could you write me up some instructions as to what to do to make a copy of the filesystem fomr the slave disk to the new master disk and then boot off the master. Thanks. -----Original Message----- From: Jerry McAllister [mailto:jerrymc@;clunix.cl.msu.edu] Sent: 05 November 2002 20:58 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 'Jerry McAllister' Subject: Re: Kernal Panics > > Hi, this method you speak of here. > > Would it be possible to perform these tasks in multiuser mode, i.e. via > ssh ? As I have no console to this server. Yes, but then there is no guarantee that the copy is exact because they might change during the process of the dump/restore. But, if the system or at least that file system is not heavily used or you don't need to worry about an exact point copy, then no problem. ////jerry > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jerry McAllister [mailto:jerrymc@;clunix.cl.msu.edu] > Sent: 05 November 2002 19:44 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Kernal Panics > > > > > Hi, ive been getting kernel panics, number 12's for some time, ive had > > the whole load of hardware changed, the only thing that is the same > now > > is the hard disk drive. > > > > We thought this had cured the problem, but I had one the other day. > > Okay, I thought this was a one off, but I just had another, only this > > time it is different. Is this possible that it is the hard drive? > > > > How can I make a duplicate image of that hard drive to another what > > tools will copy it. > > If the other drive will be big enough and if it will be running on > a machine with the same major version of the OS, use dump(8)/restore(8). > > USe fdisk(8)/disklabel(8)/newfs(8) to put the appropriate file systems > on > the new disk then dump the old one and restore to the new one. > Something like: (Assuming the old file system is mounted as /oldfs and > the new is mounted as /dupfs) > > cd /dupfs > dump 0vf - /oldfs | restore rf - > > repeat for however many file systems you need to save and have room for. > > Of course, if it won't read the old disk, then the problem is more > difficult. > > ////jerry > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
