[SunHELP] Moving data from a small disk to a larger disk

Nguyen, David M david.m.nguyen at xo.com
Wed Feb 4 17:50:06 CST 2004


Yes, netra t1 can hold 2 disk but it has only one disk currently.
Someone recommends to use dd utility.  What is different between dd and
cpio?  And if I use cpio to transfer files does it copy root file
systems without causing any problems during rebooting like the system
could not come up?

Thanks,
David

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Subject: Re: [SunHELP] Moving data from a small disk to a larger disk

On Wed, Feb 04, 2004 at 06:01:50PM -0500, Nguyen, David M wrote:
> I maintain a webser running on solaris8 sun netrat1.  The disk is
> getting full so I need to buy a larger disk, the question I have is
how
> do I transfer old data on current disk to a new larger disk?
>
> Thanks,
> David
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The T1 can have 2 disks; do you already have 2 in there?

With 2 disks cpio from one to the other.

Replace the disk and you have to have it backed up somewhere else
(tape?).

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