From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 17 22:16:55 2004 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 A100E16A4D1 for ; Fri, 17 Dec 2004 22:16:55 +0000 (GMT) Received: from pi.codefab.com (pi.codefab.com [199.103.21.227]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3D8F843D1D for ; Fri, 17 Dec 2004 22:16:55 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from [192.168.1.3] (pool-68-160-208-232.ny325.east.verizon.net [68.160.208.232]) by pi.codefab.com (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id iBHMGnLF031146 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Fri, 17 Dec 2004 17:16:50 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <41C35AC5.2080406@mac.com> Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 17:16:37 -0500 From: Chuck Swiger Organization: The Courts of Chaos User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.3) Gecko/20040910 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Miketack@aol.com References: <1e0.317fe8b0.2ef499d8@aol.com> In-Reply-To: <1e0.317fe8b0.2ef499d8@aol.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.89.5.0 X-Enigmail-Supports: pgp-inline, pgp-mime Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, score=1.8 required=5.5 tests=RCVD_IN_NJABL_DUL, RCVD_IN_SORBS_DUL autolearn=disabled version=3.0.1 X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.1 (2004-10-22) on pi.codefab.com cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: upgrading FreeBSD 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, 17 Dec 2004 22:16:55 -0000 Miketack@aol.com wrote: > We currently have FreeBSD but we're running out of hard disk space. How can > we get a larger hard disk? Most people buy a larger hard drive from a computer store, but YMMV. :-) Look at a yellow pages for a local CompUSA or see www.pricewatch.com for one site which provides price quotes. You will almost certainly get better prices if you go online. > Is it possible to put the old hard disk info on the new hard disk? Sure. FreeBSD comes with software like dump and tar which can backup and restore your data from one drive to the other. > Also, should we upgrade our software to your newer release? > Ours is 5 years old. If nobody has installed any software updates on the system in five years, then yes, you probably should upgrade to a more recent version. It would be interesting to provide a description of your hardware and "uname -a". > Our office is located in southern New Jersey (just outside of Philadelphia). > Is there anyone in the area who can help us out with this. I'd imagine you could find someone in your region to provide FreeBSD sysadmin support on a consulting basis... -- -Chuck