Hi,

The best way to move it to another hard drive is with dump|restore.

 e. g. (assuming sd1a and sd1e are the new / and /usr filesystems,
 respectively, and are already newfs'd.)

 # mount -o async /dev/sd1a /mnt
 # mount -o async /dev/sd1e /mnt/usr
 # cd /mnt
 # dump -0 -f - / | restore -rf -
 # cd /mnt/usr
 # dump -o -f - /usr | restore -rf -
 # umount /mnt/usr
 # umount /mnt

Also, there is a way to put make the disk bootable, but I can't think of
it right now. Maybe someone else could help you out with this.

-Al




On Fri, 18 Apr 2003, Lubos Vrbka wrote:

> Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2003 19:25:39 +0200
> From: Lubos Vrbka <shnek@chemi.muni.cz>
> To: netbsd-help@netbsd.org
> Subject: moving netbsd partition to larger disk
>
> hi guys,
>
> i've following problem.
>
> we have a windoze/netbsd computer (dual boot). we would like to replace the
> harddisk wih a bigger one. if we'll do EXACT copy of the old drive to the
> new drive, will be netbsd able to boot? is there any way how to restore mbr
> (as this cannot be copied)? i thought there could be problem with the file
> "boot" (i was having a conversation about the file a long time ago, so i
> don't remember it :o( ), as its position should be defined in bootloader...
>
> i think (and hope) the following could be possible:
> 1) "duplicate" the partitions from the old disk to the new one
> 2) boot from cdrom/floppy into netbsd
> 3) restore the mbr and bootloader somehow
>
> could you please give me any advices how to do the third step, if it is
> possible? or any other recommended procedure?
>
> regards,
> lubos
>
> -
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> Masaryk university, Brno, Czech Republic
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