Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2002 20:47:29 +0000 From: Josh Paetzel <friar_josh@webwarrior.net> To: Mike Woods <Mike@the-rubber-chicken-network.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Moving Machines Message-ID: <20020702204729.A291@twincat.vladsempire.net> In-Reply-To: <3D224D9F.000005.00524@MegaLord>; from Mike@the-rubber-chicken-network.co.uk on Wed, Jul 03, 2002 at 02:04:31AM %2B0100 References: <3D224D9F.000005.00524@MegaLord>
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On Wed, Jul 03, 2002 at 02:04:31AM +0100, Mike Woods wrote: > Right, i've got me a nice little fileserver running freebsd 4.4-release, > works perfectly, only thing is i've filled it up and thus needed a new case > (rackmount stuff) found a nice 4u case, and now i have a new machine to go > in it, my question is with regards to moving the whole thing across from one > machine to the other, can i simply re-install the generic kernel and moves > the drives across or am i gonna have to mess around a bit ? > > Mike Woods You'll find that FreeBSD doesn't make the suicide pact with your hardware that some other more popular Operating Systems do. Usually when I move drives from one hardware config to another I just build the kernel I am going to need in advance, taking in account the cpu type, nic, scsi controllers and so forth. Installing GENERIC would be pretty much the same thing, except you'll want to compile a custom kernel after the move most likely. In simpler terms, switching mainboards on FreeBSD isn't a traumatic ordeal. ;) Josh To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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