Date: 23 Jan 2002 22:53:53 -0800 From: swear@blarg.net (Gary W. Swearingen) To: Cliff Sarginson <cliff@raggedclown.net> Cc: FreeBSD List <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Reversing Linux and FreeBSD running on same system without mutual self-destruction Message-ID: <00d7009r3y.700@localhost.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <20020124030238.GA1042@raggedclown.net> References: <20020123051538.GA3234@raggedclown.net> <ogr8oga800.8og@localhost.localdomain> <20020124030238.GA1042@raggedclown.net>
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Cliff Sarginson <cliff@raggedclown.net> writes: > Yes, I was not really wanting to burden anyone with the mathematics of > it :). Thanks, but it was hard to see what your problem was well enough to suggest a solution. > Having done that I guess I can boot the existing BSD system single user > and tar over the existing AT BSD file systems to the SCSI one. I can > adjust Lilo to reflect the new boot possibilities, I can adjust fstab > for the SCSI BSD..with me so far ? And adjust /etc/fstab on the SCSI, of course. > Now this is where I reach the edge of the desert. I need then a kernel > on the SCSI BSD system that will boot it. And this is where I need > some expert advice, will the installation of a generic kernel from the > existing AT system onto the root of the new SCSI FreeBSD system work ? I don't know SCSI, but I suppose that GENERIC should do that. If it doesn't work you could build a custom kernel on the ATA and move just the new /kernel and /modules over. > What are the gotcha's in this scenario ? Apart from the possible > devastation of a typing mistake (I just found quite a novel one > in the existing installation, which strangely has never had a bad > effect..but that is a mere detail :) The only thing I know is the limitations of tar. The only one I know of has to do with device minor numbers on /dev/*sa*.ctl which I think you can do without until you get a chance to run /dev/MAKEDEV. See sa(4). To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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