Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2006 10:54:59 +1000 From: Mikhail Goriachev <mikhailg@webanoide.org> To: darryl@osborne-ind.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Move hard drive Message-ID: <448A1863.2040103@webanoide.org> In-Reply-To: <002801c68bf6$0d9d8300$0701a8c0@darryl> References: <002801c68bf6$0d9d8300$0701a8c0@darryl>
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Darryl Hoar wrote: >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Kevin Kinsey [mailto:kdk@daleco.biz] >> Sent: Friday, June 09, 2006 1:29 PM >> To: darryl@osborne-ind.com >> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >> Subject: Re: Move hard drive >> >> >> Darryl Hoar wrote: >>> Greetings, >>> I am running FreeBSD 6.0 - release on a box. I have setup several >>> applications, etc. I did this on computer A. Computer B is a >>> production machine and didn't want it offline while I figured out >>> all the niggly bits. Can I take the SCSI disk from A and put in >>> in B ? I did not customize the kernel. >>> >> In addition to what Jerry mentioned, make sure that the >> /etc/fstab file is set up properly for the new machine; >> alternatively, make sure the drive is in the same logical >> location in the new machine (e.g., da0 on one should be >> da0 on the other). >> >> Otherwise, you end up in single user, or not booting >> at all. >> >> Kevin Kinsey >> > <snip> > what if the systems use different NIC's ? (one has integrated NIC on mobo, > the other has an add-in card. You'd have to change all your references to another host NIC in rc.conf, pf.conf, etc. Sort of like: <ifconfig_vr0=... (computer A NIC vr0) >ifconfig_rl0=... (computer B NIC rl0) Cheers, Mikhail. -- Mikhail Goriachev Webanoide Telephone: +61 (0)3 62252501 Mobile Phone: +61 (0)4 38255158 E-Mail: mikhailg@webanoide.org Web: http://www.webanoide.org PGP Key ID: 0x4E148A3B PGP Key Fingerprint: D96B 7C14 79A5 8824 B99D 9562 F50E 2F5D 4E14 8A3B
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