From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 28 11:29:10 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 31D6F37B401 for ; Fri, 28 Mar 2003 11:29:10 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail.speakeasy.net (mail15.speakeasy.net [216.254.0.215]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 76EE343FB1 for ; Fri, 28 Mar 2003 11:29:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jemaxwell@jaymax.com) Received: (qmail 6694 invoked from network); 28 Mar 2003 19:29:13 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO jaymax.com) (jaymax@[66.93.45.209]) (envelope-sender ) by mail15.speakeasy.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 28 Mar 2003 19:29:13 -0000 Message-ID: <3E84A3CC.23D9C1DE@jaymax.com> Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2003 11:34:36 -0800 From: Joseph Maxwell X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.79 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) X-Accept-Language: en,pdf MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Bill Moran , "Jack L. Stone" References: <3E7DDCAF.C411A6BA@jaymax.com> <3E7DF5B5.3020104@potentialtech.com> X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-21.5 required=5.0 tests=EMAIL_ATTRIBUTION,HTML_00_10,HTML_MESSAGE, QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT,REFERENCES,REPLY_WITH_QUOTES autolearn=ham version=2.50 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.50 (1.173-2003-02-20-exp) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Moving Disks to new PC Machines X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2003 19:29:11 -0000 Hello, Problem: defined earlier - I need to move my system ( actually 2 hard disk) to another machine w/ different MotherBoard and CPU. The disks have been configured as a bootable system disk and the other data storage. How can I reconfigure to achieve this with the minimum amount of perturbation. I've worked on this transition for about a week now & require some inputs: The machine is similar to the old machine: Differences - Old Architecture: Shuttle AI61 motherboard AMD K7 Processor 900 Mhz AMD751 Chipset % PCI & 1 AGP slots 3 DIMM Sockets New Architecture: Shuttle AKA32A motherboard AMD Athlon CPU 1.5 GHz Chipset(s) - 2: VIA VT8366A & VIA VT8233 5 PCI slots & 1 AGP slots 2 DIMM Sockets each, DDR/SDR Unchanged: Hard drives (2 - Boot & data) Memory sticks 3 PC Cards A Diamond Stealth Video Card A line modem card A SMC NIC Machine boots partially, probing devices, listing to stdout. Readout aborts consistently at a line which is difficult to read on the fly as uhub: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered Nothing else on line, nor is there a follow up line, the screen goes blank (black) machine stays on. Any further suggestion, IRQ's to reset, IOMEN, flags ???? I've reconfigure the kernel w/ distr Disk2 using Visual mode, but did not attempt CLI Mode. Thanks -- Joe --- Jack L. Stone wrote: > As long as your kernel is not missing any devices needed for the new > machine, it will most likely boot right up. Would be a good idea to have > the same NICs in the new machine so the host is configured correctly. > Otherwise, you'll need to reconfigure rc.conf first or after bootup. MB & > CPU shouldn't be a problem unless it is some unsupported chipset, etc. > > Won't hurt to stick it in and try it otherwise. If it boots up okay, you > can run dmesg to look through the device loadup info.... > Bill Moran wrote: > Joseph Maxwell wrote: > > Hello, > > I need to move my system ( actually 2 hard disk) to another machine w/ > > different MotherBoard and CPU. The disks have been configured as a > > bootablesyetm disk and the other data storage. How can I reconfigure to > > achieve this with the minimum amount of perturbation. > > While the disks are in the old machine, verify that your current kernel > has compiled-in support for all the devices needed on the new machine. > If necessary, make a new kernel. Then move the disks to the new machine > and you're ready to go.