cloning a FreeBSD HDD
Dirk GOUDERS
gouders at et.bocholt.fh-ge.de
Fri Mar 24 17:14:40 UTC 2006
Hi,
> This is my first day on the list so please pardon me if I am on the wrong
> list and any mistakes I make.
>
> I would like to create a bootable clone of a HDD running BSD version 4.8. I
> have experience of cloning linux machines successfully but understand that
> freebsd is a little different.
please, try to clone your disk as described in the FAQ
"9.2. How do I move my system over to my huge new disk?":
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/disks.html#NEW-HUGE-DISK
Following that advice results in a bootable clone of your disk.
Dirk
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