From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 24 19:50:28 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 04BC316A44E for ; Wed, 24 May 2006 19:50:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from atom.powers@gmail.com) Received: from nz-out-0102.google.com (nz-out-0102.google.com [64.233.162.194]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB58F43D58 for ; Wed, 24 May 2006 19:50:25 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from atom.powers@gmail.com) Received: by nz-out-0102.google.com with SMTP id n1so109025nzf for ; Wed, 24 May 2006 12:50:25 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=d02FgziAQo6jnbv1v/Ow1lY23PfG8yjA0hQr4k8Zkiry3K1A5vJxNdEAVBMoNqx/YkiEavGLi63jWiqoD1fH7ejOnmKy79nylpFCmN+pCvElGC/FWFvi0giUhcl7yQPtC0ddSdzF9DWr5ByrMfHUBcKPeK8iPHR4mddKwIZkAS4= Received: by 10.64.179.11 with SMTP id b11mr1418164qbf; Wed, 24 May 2006 12:50:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.65.154.19 with HTTP; Wed, 24 May 2006 12:50:16 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Wed, 24 May 2006 12:50:16 -0700 From: "Atom Powers" To: "Garrett Cooper" In-Reply-To: <44748890.7010301@u.washington.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline References: <44748890.7010301@u.washington.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Can drive with 6.1 be directly transferred from one machine to another? 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: Wed, 24 May 2006 19:50:29 -0000 On 5/24/06, Garrett Cooper wrote: > my 1.2 GHz could simply be moved from one machine to another and just > work without having to reinstall or recompile FreeBSD or not. I would > think that I could just move the drive to another machine and boot from > it, given the fact that Intel loves making their instruction sets > backwards compatible, but I just need to make sure since I don't want to > invest in something more expensive and discover I have to start from > square one. I do this fairly often, between similar architectures, using the default kernel. You may have to update hostname, IP, DHCP config, etc depending on how your system/network is configured. But, as always, make sure you have a good backup. You should also have a live cd (like FreeSBIE) handy in case your drive designations change or some hardware is not supported. --=20 -- Perfection is just a word I use occasionally with mustard. --Atom Powers--