how to copy MBR??

Steve Quinn letter2steve at yahoo.com
Sun Dec 4 13:32:29 PST 2005


--- Javier Matos <javierlu at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi, I will change the hard drive of my computer and I was thinking that maybe it can run if I
> make partitions in the new hard drive (the same number of partitions using the same device
> name), copy all the files contained in the old hard drive to the new one and finally copy MBR
> from old hard drive to the new one... .
> 
> Can it be a solution to the problem of changing hard drives of my computer or that that I tell
> is a stupid thing??
> 
> Thx

Hello Javier

If I am interpreting your question correctly, It sounds like you want to copy your FreeBSD
installation to a different disk

If so, I have had great success with this procedure

http://lantech.geekvenue.net/chucktips/jason/chuck/1004897633/index_html

I hope this helps

Take care

Steve


		
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