Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2002 07:44:45 -0700 From: Thanatos <thanatos@vcnet.com> To: default <default013subscriptions@hotmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD-Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: swapping hard drives Message-ID: <3DAECCDD.1040804@vcnet.com> References: <OE33anORXMviJsbdxHM000017b0@hotmail.com>
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default wrote: > Just a quick question... > > I have a server running on freebsd 4.1 and want to upgrade to a newer > version... BUT I need to keep my server online while I do this. > > What I want to do is a clean install on the current box that it is running > on, and I am hoping that I can swap the hard drive out of the server it is > in now, put it in a temporary machine, and if it works it will no longer be > needed when the new hard drive is all configured correctly... > > The main hardware differences between the two are that the current server > has: > > pII 350 processor, Netgear 310TX NIC > > The temporary machine I am swapping to will have: > PII500 processor, and a D-Link NIC > > Has anyone done this kind of thing before? How well does freebsd react to > this kind of change? > > Thanks > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > Hello, Yes, I have done this using FreeBSD 4.6.2. I had to update the networking for the different NIC card but everything else just worked. Thanatos To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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