From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 4 09:09:22 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 913FE106566B for ; Fri, 4 Dec 2009 09:09:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mantzios.achill@yahoo.com) Received: from n22.bullet.mail.mud.yahoo.com (n22.bullet.mail.mud.yahoo.com [68.142.206.161]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 540858FC28 for ; Fri, 4 Dec 2009 09:09:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [68.142.194.244] by n22.bullet.mail.mud.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 04 Dec 2009 08:57:08 -0000 Received: from [67.195.9.82] by t2.bullet.mud.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 04 Dec 2009 08:57:07 -0000 Received: from [98.137.27.212] by t2.bullet.mail.gq1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 04 Dec 2009 08:57:07 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by omp122.mail.gq1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 04 Dec 2009 08:57:07 -0000 X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 874974.27718.bm@omp122.mail.gq1.yahoo.com Received: (qmail 61317 invoked by uid 60001); 4 Dec 2009 08:57:07 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yahoo.com; s=s1024; t=1259917027; bh=I2Sxevtvq8tai31GfZRgp2wxjTclIpZiLT+Ym0ravBs=; h=Message-ID:X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Date:From:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=j216Q+9jloJYNN1F/9zAqJ8J2mOyvcUJnsmpPIkeSXfYHvAtYgHSfpFSO+MifvAXQC96tCEdZuCnnaJof54Rw6rZ6c56Su9gtfhgjMUXdOFnkuYxoaUCJvjSggecLypvMInxvB/GrvzyHsud7DD6g1n0QKdAlvE8nH/CS8UMIiE= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=Message-ID:X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Date:From:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=OXDcM1soNxnKewxYzmBJPa56wKQIdXDJKDHc4dOu8QyzQXVVa7yqwsWm7Bhl50rE9zde5rfdZnL26WnaedJAZT6MkI9zconBLjJw9hqF5JvHaznhQS7c4d7N6X5y/s7cWh+6z2dmZdQR/g7EVYIo+IKwY+7mEJNM8kasWIm/KQw=; Message-ID: <791686.61294.qm@web113006.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> X-YMail-OSG: 8C.OtW4VM1lrJJMB8FERbWcyzBLEuFSYBLX_hS5nxJ6x4suIVaP6ncWa14wD3T5pxckT2fbjJudz56uX9spStLc.tdbJnxX7mIaod6sOiBEcveer20W_9wOhTjO8jJk4FsnD5vAz75g20oXP1G0Bm.MO8HdsxAgYNyT1Kwu7sBMtnAUBc5IMA8Gv5aIieecUik.hSNT13G40ABW9oXo9CnlUbGOZGOgWu.npYzMd0_SWUlVkfFGganC.pdIcJnRaJ8elDqoYzk4nZLR7DvcmPuNFjM8R4CrubpYOc0EsKA-- Received: from [62.103.35.211] by web113006.mail.gq1.yahoo.com via HTTP; Fri, 04 Dec 2009 00:57:07 PST X-Mailer: YahooMailClassic/9.0.19 YahooMailWebService/0.8.100.260964 Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2009 00:57:07 -0800 (PST) From: Achilleas Mantzios To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailman-Approved-At: Fri, 04 Dec 2009 12:30:40 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Hardware migration and upgrade from 6.3 to 8.0 advice X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 04 Dec 2009 09:09:22 -0000 Hello, i am facing this situation, where i need to upgrade from my 6.3 i386 system, used as my main workstation, to a new hardware based on amd64 (phenom II x4). My current system is alive since 2005, so is full of code, scripts, configurations,look&feel,ssh keys etc.. that i would like to keep handy in my new system. Also, currently i run gmirror, i am mentioning it, in case it affects something. Since 2005, dealing with programming/support/etc.. i haven't done any upgrade task in FreeBSD, so i dont feel that confident in this regard. I could: a) install a brand new 8.0-RELEASE in the new hardware and then a1) just mount the old disks to the new system or a2) migrate /home user data directly to the new home dirs b) migrate all current data to the new hardware, kernel/system included, and then try to upgrade to 8.0 (by sysinstall or makeworld/makekernel) So, its a trade-off between pain, correctness, effectiveness, and ease of use. What would you guys recommend? Which way to go? Any other options? Thanx in advance! Please include me in your CC, as i am not subscribed to the list. Achilleas Mantzios