Moving pfSense from one HDD to Another
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Hi,
When I initially setup pfSense I was using spare parts to build the system, this included a 250GB SATA HDD, I have since obtained a smaller device and would like to move the OS to that drive (once again running SATA).
What is the easiest way to achieve this?
Thanks
Chris
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If the second hd is smaller then first, I would prefer to reinstall pfsense and restore the backup.
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Okay, thats fine, no issues doing that. But what about settings in packages?
For example, if I restore a backup will it also reinstall and reconfigure UnboundDNS, Certificates, NTOP etc? I've got my setup working pretty well right now and I'd like to keep it as similar as possible.
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Everything That is in XML file will be in backup.
Install the second box, restore backup file and look for What is missing, then power off old server.
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Check this Topic: http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,44637.0.html