Date: Sun, 19 May 1996 07:30:20 -0500 (CDT) From: john@starfire.mn.org To: questions@FreeBSD.org (FreeBSD questions) Subject: Making a new FreeBSD installation using an existing one Message-ID: <199605191230.HAA02894@starfire.mn.org>
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Please reply by direct e-mail, since I do not subscribe to this list. Is it possible/practical to use a running FreeBSD system to install FreeBSD on another SCSI drive (from CD)? The reason I want to do this is that I am running FreeBSD 2.1 as upgraded from FreeBSD 2.0.5, and my hard drive is failing. I have purchased a new drive, and would like to prepare it while continuing to use the current system to minimize my downtime and to allow easy access to existing customizations and information. Heck, at the price of disk drives these days, it might be worth it to keep a spare just to do upgrades! Alternatively, I am thinking of the same scheme, but using -stable or 2.2-960501-SNAP instead of my 2.1 CD. Since I only have a 28.8kbps link to the Internet, it would be nice to have the original system running while waiting for all the transfers. It would also be nice to just wait for my FreeBSD-2.2 subscription CD to arrive, but that must be at least 8 weeks away, since I haven't heard that things are ready to send them out to press, and I don't know that I should trust the only drive that long, given the noises that it is making. Thanks for any and all help! Please reply by direct e-mail, since I do not subscribe to this list. John Lind, Starfire Consulting Services E-mail: john@starfire.MN.ORG USnail: PO Box 17247, Mpls MN 55417
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