Date: Mon, 13 Jul 1998 01:44:32 +1000 (EST) From: Bart Lindsey <bart@burra.zip.com.au> To: damascus@eden.rutgers.edu Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Backing up a FreeBSD Box... Message-ID: <199807121544.BAA07660@bart.zip.com.au> In-Reply-To: <199807121404.HAA27603@hub.freebsd.org> (message from Carroll Kong on Sun, 12 Jul 1998 10:07:20 -0500) References: <199807121404.HAA27603@hub.freebsd.org>
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Hi Carroll, I will be facing a similar situation soon too. You don't want to back up the bulk of the root partition. Quite likely, you may only want to keep /etc (you've probably spent _many_ hours configuring this!) and /var if you want to keep email, printer directories, etc intact. When you reinstall the system, the root partition will be put in place by the installation process. You can then add your backed up /usr, /usr/home, ... partitions, and merge in your /etc and /var and so forth. If you have recompiled the kernel on the old system, note that most likely you will have to replace some information pertinant to the new system in your kernel config files under /usr/src/ such as irqs, network drivers, disk drivers, etc. You should be looking at compiling a new kernel for your new system anyway because the generic kernel will probe for a lot of hardware you don't have and will take up more memory than necessary. For your K6, ensure you specify NO_FOOF_HACK (see /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/LINT) in your configuration file since the K6 doesn't accurately implement the Pentium's design [flaws :-)]. Also check out /etc/rc.conf, rc.local, and so on for any machine specific stuff and xf86config for the new display adaptor and monitor. Have fun! Cheers, Bart. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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