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From: Bart Lindsey <bart@burra.zip.com.au>
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Subject: Re: Backing up a FreeBSD Box...
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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.

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