From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Nov 12 18:05:19 1995 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id SAA25744 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 12 Nov 1995 18:05:19 -0800 Received: from fusion.sprint.com.au (root@fusion.sprint.com.au [203.20.104.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id SAA25713 for ; Sun, 12 Nov 1995 18:05:04 -0800 Received: from flux.sprint.com.au (flux.sprint.com.au [203.20.104.2]) by fusion.sprint.com.au (8.6.11/8.6.9) with SMTP id NAA01842 for ; Mon, 13 Nov 1995 13:03:39 +1100 Message-Id: <199511130203.NAA01842@fusion.sprint.com.au> From: jason@sprint.com.au (Jason Hodges) To: questions@freeBSD.org Subject: Linux -> FreeBSD Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1998 03:04:12 GMT X-Mailer: Forte Agent .99b.112 Sender: owner-questions@freeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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.