From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Nov 13 12:31:22 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA25193 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 13 Nov 1998 12:31:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from resnet.uoregon.edu (resnet.uoregon.edu [128.223.144.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA25183 for ; Fri, 13 Nov 1998 12:31:11 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by resnet.uoregon.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA03568; Fri, 13 Nov 1998 12:30:38 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1998 12:30:37 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White To: Everett F Batey cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: What If New Disk 227, Old 205 In-Reply-To: <19981110215840.30436@cotdazr.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, 10 Nov 1998, Everett F Batey wrote: > Suppose, I take SCSI_0 off line, the root, usr, ... disk on my 2.0.5 > freebsd host and mount a new disk as SCSI_0, build on 2.2.7. > > Then when part way there, I reboot after addressing the 2.0.5 as SCSI_1. > > Should I expect (1) to peacefully read the old disk partitions upon > mounting, (2) have bad or unpredictable results from the old file > system, (3) trash the old file system ? I don't understand what you're trying to do, but a word of caution: watch /etc/fstab and make sure it's correct at all times. If you get fstab out of sync you better have a fixit floppy/CD handy. Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message