[FAQ pointer] Re: Copy old drive to new drive - is it possible?

[Lowell Gilbert]

Tig <tigger at onemoremonkey.com> writes:

> Hi, I have a hard drive which is on its last legs. I also have new hard
> drive to replace the old one. I was wondering if it is possible to
> simply copy everything from the old drive to the new (after formating
> the new drive) and have my system back up and running, or do I need to
> reinstall the OS and everything else?

"How do I move my system over to my huge new disk?"
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/disks.html#NEW-HUGE-DISK