Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2002 09:49:30 -0500 From: "DaleCo, S.P.---'the solutions people'" <daleco@daleco.biz> To: "default" <default013subscriptions@hotmail.com>, "FreeBSD-Questions" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: swapping hard drives Message-ID: <003501c275ec$66dc9920$fa00a8c0@DaleCoportable> References: <OE33anORXMviJsbdxHM000017b0@hotmail.com>
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You'll need to make sure that support for the new NIC is compiled into the kernel you're running on the "old" server. You'll also need to be prepared to address any network topography and security issues that come as the result of this host having a new MAC address, etc. OTOH, I've done this at least three times, and only once did it require any significant tweaking at all. The last time was last week, when I moved from a Cyrix 166 to an AMD 300 (with different NICs) just by moving the drive from one to the other. The catch there is that the box wasn't doing a whole lot, so it wouldn't have been a big deal. In the interest of being safe, generally I'll just build a "substitute" box and route services to it while I work on the original. But, as I said, I've had only a little trouble with doing what you propose in 3 tries. Kevin Kinsey DaleCo, S.P. ----- Original Message ----- From: "default" <default013subscriptions@hotmail.com> To: "FreeBSD-Questions" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2002 9:17 AM Subject: swapping hard drives > 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 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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