RE: Data transfer from one HD to another

Will this also transfer the filesystem structure?

Matt

-----Original Message-----
From: Joseph Olatt [mailto:joji@xxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Sunday, March 26, 2006 8:45 AM
To: Matt Smith
Cc: freebsd-stable@xxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Data transfer from one HD to another

On Sun, Mar 26, 2006 at 08:27:27AM -0500, Matt Smith wrote:
Hi,
Is there an EASY method to transfer the partitions from an old hard
disk
to a new one?

I presume you want to trasfer all the files from one (or more)
partition(s) in the old hard drive to a new hard drive. If so, try the
command "dd". man dd(1). There are examples at the bottom of the man
page.

Other commands that may be used are: tar & cpio (man tar & man cpio for
more info).

regards,
joseph



Matt Smith
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