Subject: Re: Partitioning question
To: Mauricio <pingouin@bellsouth.net>
From: Lord Isildur <mrfusion@uranium.vaxpower.org>
List: port-pmax
Date: 07/17/2002 15:27:05
put the new one in the machine on a different id, label it, make
filesystems, and then use dump and restore to copy everything over.
painless and the new disk has exactly the same stuff, filesystem-wise.
isildur
On Wed, 17 Jul 2002, Mauricio wrote:
> Ok, now that I know I can netboot my 5000/20 off my Win98
> box, I am in a bit of a problem: the machine has only a 512MB HD.
> When I ran 1.4.1, it seemed to be plenty for my small needs:
>
> Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Avail Capacity Mounted on
> /dev/rz0a 31671 23465 6622 77% /
> /dev/rz0d 296342 244101 37423 86% /usr
> /dev/rz0f 118590 2311 110349 2% /home
> kernfs 1 1 0 100% /kern
>
> I do not run X in that machine, but I was running apache, perl, and
> would like to run php, ssh, and those little odds and ends. I plan
> on running netatalk so if I need to download stuff off the net, I can
> mount my user directory (off /home) in the Mac and download straight
> like that. Does that make sense?
>
> That said, I would like down the line to upgrade its HD (even though
> I do not even have a HD braket for the poor thing!). If I do so,
> what would be the most painless way to move everybody to the new HD
> so I can then boot from there?
>