From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 1 00:37:13 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6E3A516A4CE for ; Tue, 1 Feb 2005 00:37:13 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mx1a.swcp.com (mx1a.swcp.com [216.184.2.64]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0ACF943D53 for ; Tue, 1 Feb 2005 00:37:13 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from crs@swcp.com) Received: from taka.swcp.com (taka-216.swcp.com [216.184.2.3]) by mx1a.swcp.com (8.13.1/8.13.1/Debian-9) with ESMTP id j110bCmu002701 for ; Mon, 31 Jan 2005 17:37:12 -0700 Received: from quail.sorsby.org (sorsby.org [216.184.15.51]) by taka.swcp.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id j110b88D083530 for ; Mon, 31 Jan 2005 17:37:09 -0700 (MST) Received: (from crs@localhost) by quail.sorsby.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id RAA01792 for questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 31 Jan 2005 17:37:08 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from crs) Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 17:37:08 -0700 (MST) From: Charlie Sorsby Message-Id: <200502010037.RAA01792@quail.sorsby.org> To: questions@freebsd.org X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.80/689/Thu Jan 27 06:33:10 2005 clamav-milter version 0.80j on av2.swcp.com X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on kaimen.swcp.com X-Spam-Status: No, hits=3.7 required=10.0 tests=MSGID_FROM_MTA_SHORT autolearn=no version=2.63 X-Spam-Level: *** Subject: Question X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: crs@swcp.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2005 00:37:13 -0000 I'm not sure which address this should be directed to so I'm trying both. Sorry 'bout that... My system is all SCSI with two SCSI controllers and hard drives on both. I have an older version of freeBSD on a disk on one of the controllers and an unused disk on the other. What I want to do is to install a more recent version of freeBSD on the unused drive on the second controller, keeping the older version where it is. However, I'd also like to interchange the two controllers on the the m'board's expansion slots (i.e. swap PCI bus position). It occurs to me, however, that that will change the numbering of the drives and, so, make /etc/fstab on the original system incorrect. Is that correct? If so, what is the best way to accomplish what I've described above? What other "gotchas" must I consider? Kindest regards, Charlie -- Charlie Sorsby crs@swcp.com P. O. Box 1225 Edgewood, NM 87015 USA