From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 14 15:28:56 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 00E8A1065694 for ; Wed, 14 Jan 2009 15:28:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from avg@icyb.net.ua) Received: from citadel.icyb.net.ua (citadel.icyb.net.ua [212.40.38.140]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D10C8FC1B for ; Wed, 14 Jan 2009 15:28:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from avg@icyb.net.ua) Received: from odyssey.starpoint.kiev.ua (alpha-e.starpoint.kiev.ua [212.40.38.101]) by citadel.icyb.net.ua (8.8.8p3/ICyb-2.3exp) with ESMTP id RAA28906; Wed, 14 Jan 2009 17:28:47 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from avg@icyb.net.ua) Message-ID: <496E04AD.7010607@icyb.net.ua> Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 17:28:45 +0200 From: Andriy Gapon User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.18 (X11/20081124) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jorge Biquez References: <200901141438.n0EEc0ww071823@mail.icsmx.com> In-Reply-To: <200901141438.n0EEc0ww071823@mail.icsmx.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Simple? Hardware upgrade. X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 15:28:56 -0000 on 14/01/2009 16:34 Jorge Biquez said the following: > b) If is possible to "clone" the same installation to a new faster disk > (like a sata 250GB). I know I can install a /.x version and for sure > will work but here the idea is to have things running as usual without > problems. This installation is very stable and secure and has been with > us for years.... we would like to keep it working for more years.... :=) Somewhat tangential - are you sure that a new faster disk would really perform faster on that old PIII system? Even if you use an expansion card (which itself might require updates to kernel, ata driver at least), PCI bus speed will stay limited to the same old value. -- Andriy Gapon