Assuming sd1a is empty

	# mount /dev/sd1a /mnt
	# cd /mnt
	# dump 0f - / | restore xf -

		David/absolute

	Abandoning a syncing disk... or syncing an abandoned disk?

On Tue, 5 Jan 1999, NetBSD wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> 	I just formatted a 2.1g Quantum disk in order to have more storage
> space. I was using a 700mb drive. Is there any way to successfully migrate
> everything on sd0(the old drive) to sd1(the newly formatted drive) and then
> use sd1 as the main disk? Or do I have to install everything over again on
> sd1
> 
> 	I tried a simple cp /* /disk2  where / was sd0a(root partition) and
> /disk2 was sd1a(root partition) but failed, seems the /disk2 pretended to
> get full 3/4 way thru the cp eventhough sd0a is significantly smaller than
> sd1a and sd0a isn't even full in the first place. <so this was the wrong
> way to go about it, right?>
> 
> 	Any suggestions?
> 
> Thanks
> NRT
> Previously bvjsales
> Now NetBSD@bvjtoday.co.jp
> 
>