Is it possibe to run
Here are the steps I am thinking of following so far;
1) Plug in the new 1TB HDD.
2) Install FreeBSD onto new HDD using
3) Copy across my home directory from old HDD.
4) Reboot into newly installed FreeBSD from new HDD.
5) Repartition old HDD to match the new HDD.
6) Attach the old disk as a ZFS mirror.
7) Celebrate with the knowledge my data is now safe(r)!?
Are the above steps the correct procedure for doing this?
bsdinstall
from an existing installation (12.1-RELEASE) onto another connected HDD? Reason I ask is because I'm looking to move/reinstall FreeBSD on my desktop machine from a single 1TB HDD (UFS) to 2x 1TB (ZFS mirror).Here are the steps I am thinking of following so far;
1) Plug in the new 1TB HDD.
2) Install FreeBSD onto new HDD using
bsdinstall
to setup and install onto a ZFS partition.3) Copy across my home directory from old HDD.
4) Reboot into newly installed FreeBSD from new HDD.
5) Repartition old HDD to match the new HDD.
6) Attach the old disk as a ZFS mirror.
7) Celebrate with the knowledge my data is now safe(r)!?
Are the above steps the correct procedure for doing this?