I have a 6.2 machine I just upgraded to 7.0. I did a fresh install on the second HD. I'm almost to the point where I'm sure the install is at least as functional as the previous install (i.e. I didn't break anything). The second HD has always seemed a bit chintzy to me (and you can hear the drive heads when it is active), so I'd just as soon get the 7.0 OS off of there, and onto the main drive. I also prefer to use the main HD, because it's partitioned nicer. I heard you can tar data from an old drive to a new one, and have it work properly, provided the MBR is set up to boot that partition, is this correct?
Planned method: use sysinstall to reformat the old /, /usr, /var and /tmp mount the old /, /usr, /var, and as /old, /old/usr, /old/var respectively. (in /old) $ tar -cf - -exclude /old -exclude /tmp / | tar -xf - edit /old/etc/fstab appropriately reboot. Should this work? Thanks, -Jim Stapleton _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
