From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 10 19:09:45 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 6790E1065671 for ; Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:09:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sonicy@otenet.gr) Received: from aiolos.otenet.gr (aiolos.otenet.gr [195.170.0.93]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C33C68FC0A for ; Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:09:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sonicy@otenet.gr) Received: from [192.168.0.1] (athedsl-161439.home.otenet.gr [85.75.174.61]) by aiolos.otenet.gr (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id m3AJ9b5V004879; Thu, 10 Apr 2008 22:09:37 +0300 Message-ID: <47FE6604.4040303@otenet.gr> Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 22:09:56 +0300 From: Manolis Kiagias User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 (X11/20080227) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jean-Paul Natola References: <3A85D7EF44E1C744BF6434691F5659E97032CF@www.fcimail.org> In-Reply-To: <3A85D7EF44E1C744BF6434691F5659E97032CF@www.fcimail.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: swapping hardware 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: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:09:45 -0000 Jean-Paul Natola wrote: > > Believe me , I wish I knew how to do something weird with the kernel- I'm > still wet behind the ears in BSD land. This machine , believe it or not , I > use a mail filter server- BSD/CLAM/SA and EXIM- and I only putty into it- > no X no video nada- but it should* recognize and install the drivers for the > video and nic? that is my main concern > > > > > No X --> No problem on video. The text console works on any graphics hardware. Since the network card will be different, you will have to redo the network settings. If you know the brand / type of the netcard in the new machine, have a look at the hardware list of 6.2 to see if it is supported. Have a look at your old network settings in /etc/rc.conf The following lines are of interest: ifconfig_="inet xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx netmask xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx" hostname="yourhost.yourdomain.something" defaultrouter="xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx" Hostname and defaultrouter will not change, what you will have to change is the to match the new network card. You can redo the whole configuration from sysinstall (Configure -> Networking -> Interfaces) or simply find out the name of the network card from there and change it yourself. You will need to connect a keyboard and screen into the system, as your not - most probably - going to have networking at first boot.