http://www.usmstudent.com/HOWTO/how_i_replaced_my_FreeBSD_HD.txt
Darren
Anthony Atkielski wrote:
Nicholas Basila writes:
You can back up to tape and restore in single user mode. If /var and /tmp aren't too big, you could boot into single user mode, mount /usr mount -r /var (just to be safe) mount -r /tmp
and create tar balls or even use dump to file (use the device in /dev as source, of course) with /var and /tmp unmounted.
Then, reboot into single user mode with the new disk, set up the disk the way you want it with fdisk and bsdlabel, and then untar or restore
from dump.
Can I boot from the FreeBSD boot CD and avoid mounting anything on any of the hard drives at all? (That's not a problem in this case, since the root is on a different drive, but if I ever had to replace the drive containing the root I'm just wondering how to go about it.)
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