Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1998 03:04:12 GMT From: jason@sprint.com.au (Jason Hodges) To: questions@freeBSD.org Subject: Linux -> FreeBSD Message-ID: <199511130203.NAA01842@fusion.sprint.com.au>
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When our new machine arrives I intend to install FreeBSD on it instead of linux which is currently installed. Can anyone reccomend a good way of getting most of the data and configuration across to the FreeBSD machine. It would certainly save a lot of my time if i could salvage a lot of what I have already configure and use it for FreeBSD rather than go through the whole process of setting it up again. I have a spare 1gb drive that I intend to install FreeBSD on which will mean I will still have Linux installed on another 1gb drive. Is it possible to mount the Linux partitions from a 2nd drive while FreeBSD is running and then copy it all across, or is it a matter of backing it all up to tape and then restoring it bit by bit? Any help/suggestions/advice from people who have done the same would be greatly appreciated.
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