Subject: Re: moving the OS between disks
To: David Brownlee <abs@netbsd.org>
From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?=D8yvin?= Halfdan Thuv <thuv@nextra.com>
List: port-i386
Date: 05/01/2001 22:02:18
David Brownlee wrote:
> 
>         Yes. cp on its own will not work - you need to preserve
>         owner, modes, setuid bits and copy devices.

though so, I have 3 users...
> 
>         dump works well for copying entire filesystems.
>         eg: to copy /usr to /dev/sd0e (from memory)
> 
>                 # newfs /dev/sd0e

I don't have to specify the filesystem-type? (that info is taken from
the rdb, right?)

>                 # mount /dev/sd0e /mnt
>                 # cd /mnt
>                 # dump 0f - /usr | restore xf -
>                 (answer y at end)
>                 # umount /mnt

and the procedure for /root I guess, then...(other parameters?)

> 
>         at end remember to run
>                 /usr/mdec/installboot /usr/mdec/biosboot.sym /dev/rsd0a

to make /root bootable, I persume.



Thanks a lot :)

--
Øyvin Halfdan Thuv