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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
> 
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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


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