From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat May 10 13:14:58 2008 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 479EF106564A for ; Sat, 10 May 2008 13:14:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dave.list@pixelhammer.com) Received: from smtp2.tls.net (smtp2.tls.net [65.196.224.83]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 062838FC15 for ; Sat, 10 May 2008 13:14:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dave.list@pixelhammer.com) Received: (qmail 51854 invoked from network); 10 May 2008 13:14:57 -0000 Received: by simscan 1.2.3 ppid: 51836, pid: 51850, t: 0.1395s scanners: attach: 1.2.3 clamav: 0.91.1/m:45/d:6125 spam: 3.2.1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.1 (2007-05-02) on smtp-2.tls.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.2 required=20.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,TVD_RCVD_IP autolearn=disabled version=3.2.1 Received: from 64-184-10-3.bb.hrtc.net (HELO ?192.168.1.46?) (ldg%tls.net@64.184.10.3) by auth-smtp2.tls.net with ESMTPA; 10 May 2008 13:14:57 -0000 Message-ID: <48259F4E.7040700@pixelhammer.com> Date: Sat, 10 May 2008 09:12:46 -0400 From: DAve User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 (Windows/20080213) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20080509133949.53b83c29@gom.home> <20080510142202.B60043@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> In-Reply-To: <20080510142202.B60043@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: freebsd7 on older machines 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: Sat, 10 May 2008 13:14:58 -0000 Wojciech Puchar wrote: >> installation cdrom. >> >> i want to create a series of 'dumb terminals' which can ssh -Y into a > > make X server running - you will be able to remotely use X apps too. > >> faster machine. if necessary i suppose i can floppy in and then install >> via nfs. or i can setup the hd on another machine that does support the >> install cdrom and then transfer to the older machine. >> >> here are the specific questions: >> >> 1. do older machines work better with older versions of freebsd? > > should work with FreeBSD 7, but i would rather use 6.* > >> 2. if i dd a hd (with freebsd) onto another hd will i have a problem >> with the mbr and be unable to boot? > > no. it will work You can use rdump this way, I have done it many many times to "clone" a server from one piece of hardware to another. Boot with a live filesystem CD on the target machine Mount your partitions under /mnt/ufs.1, /mnt/ufs.2, /mnt/ufs.3 (etc) Then rdump from the source machine Edit your conf files Reboot Easy as pie ;^) DAve -- In 50 years, our descendants will look back on the early years of the internet, and much like we now look back on men with rockets on their back and feathers glued to their arms, marvel that we had the intelligence to wipe the drool from our chins.