On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 03:52:03PM +0200, Adrien wrote:
> OK, so :
>
> 1. Added new hdd within my virtual machine.
>
> 2. Started virtual machine, initialized the disk with fdisk :
>
> root@bsd:~# fdisk -i sd2
> Do you wish to write new MBR and partition table? [n] y
> Writing MBR at offset 0.
>
> 3. Added new slice with Disklabel
> root@bsd:~# disklabel -E sd2
>
> Label editor (enter '?' for help at any prompt)
> > p
> OpenBSD area: 64-16771860; size: 16771796; free: 20
> # size offset fstype [fsize bsize cpg]
> c: 16777216 0 unused
> k: 16771776 64 4.2BSD 2048 16384 1
>
> > d k
>
> > a a
>
> > p
> OpenBSD area: 64-16771860; size: 16771796; free: 20
> # size offset fstype [fsize bsize cpg]
> a: 16771776 64 4.2BSD 2048 16384 1
> c: 16777216 0 unused
>
> > w
> > q
>
>
> 4. Made new fs to the partition :
>
> root@bsd:/# newfs /dev/rsd2a
> /dev/rsd2a: 8189.3MB in 16771776 sectors of 512 bytes
> 41 cylinder groups of 202.47MB, 12958 blocks, 25984 inodes each
> super-block backups (for fsck -b #) at:
> 32, 414688, 829344, 1244000, 1658656, 2073312, 2487968, 2902624, 3317280,
> 3731936, 4146592, 4561248, 4975904, 5390560,
> 5805216, 6219872, 6634528, 7049184, 7463840, 7878496, 8293152, 8707808,
> 9122464, 9537120, 9951776, 10366432, 10781088,
> 11195744, 11610400, 12025056, 12439712, 12854368, 13269024, 13683680,
> 14098336, 14512992, 14927648, 15342304, 15756960,
> 16171616, 16586272,
>
>
> 5. Rebooted in rescue to mount the new partition and copy old root to the
> new partition :
> mount /dev/sd2a /mnt --> New partition
> mount /dev/sd0a /mnt2 --> Old root partition
>
> 6.
>
> Copied everything from old root to the new partition :
>
> (cd /mnt2; tar cf - .) | (cd /mnt; tar xpf -)
>
> 7. Then runned install boot with :
>
> /usr/mdec/installboot -v /mnt/boot /usr/mdec/biosboot sd2
>
> 8. My BSD is still booting on hd0 instead of hd1 :(
Did you tell the bios to boot from the other disk?
-Otto
>
>
> 2013/5/14 Otto Moerbeek <[email protected]>
>
> > On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 01:06:27PM +0200, Adrien wrote:
> >
> > > Thanks.
> > >
> > > I have mounted my new hard drive to /mnt.
> >
> > You don't mount hard drives, you mount partititons.
> >
> > Tell us exactly what you did and show command output of fdisk and
> > disklabel.
> >
> > Without that info, we can only guess.
> >
> > -Otto
> >
> > >
> > > Then I ran :
> > >
> > > /usr/mdec/installboot -v /mnt/boot /usr/mdec/biosboot sd2
> > >
> > > Telling me that /boot will be written at sector 64.
> > >
> > > But I'm still booting with my old hdd :(
> > >
> > > Tried to enter boot hd1k:/bsd at boot prompt but it's telling me that no
> > > such file or directory. Seems my drive is good as during the early
> > > bootstage I have hd0+ (my old hdd) and hd1+ (new hdd).
> > >
> > > Can this be due to the fact my filesystem is currently read-only, as I
> > have
> > > no more space left on my root partition ?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > 2013/5/14 Otto Moerbeek <[email protected]>
> > >
> > > > On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 11:08:49AM +0200, Adrien wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > >
> > > > > I have added a second hard drive in my virtual machine, as my root
> > > > > partition is full. My idea was to add a new disk to the system, then
> > > > > migrate the root partition to the new disk.
> > > > >
> > > > > What I did so far :
> > > > >
> > > > > - In recovery, add the second hard drive, fdisk to initialize it,
> > then
> > > > > disklabel to add a new slice. --> OK
> > > > >
> > > > > - Mounted the new partition, copied everything from root to the new
> > > > > partition, then changed /etc/fstab to the new disk, as well as
> > > > > /mnt/etc/fstab.
> > > > >
> > > > > But after restart, my system can't boot :(
> > > > >
> > > > > Any hint about that ?
> > > > >
> > > > > I have been able to migrate other partition without any problems,
> > but I
> > > > > guess I'm missing something for the root partition.
> > > >
> > > > man installboot
> > > >
> > > > -Otto
