From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 14 17:00:16 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 7D6AF1065672 for ; Wed, 14 Jan 2009 17:00:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Received: from smarthost1.sentex.ca (smarthost1.sentex.ca [64.7.153.18]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A8AD58FC16 for ; Wed, 14 Jan 2009 17:00:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Received: from lava.sentex.ca (pyroxene.sentex.ca [199.212.134.18]) by smarthost1.sentex.ca (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n0EH0CEY012014; Wed, 14 Jan 2009 12:00:12 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Received: from mdt-xp.sentex.net (simeon.sentex.ca [192.168.43.27]) by lava.sentex.ca (8.13.8/8.13.3) with ESMTP id n0EH0CY4065716 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Wed, 14 Jan 2009 12:00:12 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Message-Id: <200901141700.n0EH0CY4065716@lava.sentex.ca> X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 7.1.0.9 Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 12:00:11 -0500 To: Jorge Biquez , freebsd-stable@freebsd.org From: Mike Tancsa In-Reply-To: <200901141438.n0EEc0ww071823@mail.icsmx.com> References: <200901141438.n0EEc0ww071823@mail.icsmx.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.64 on 64.7.153.18 Cc: 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 17:00:18 -0000 At 09:34 AM 1/14/2009, Jorge Biquez wrote: >Hello all. > >I have a 4.11 Stable version that has been working without problems >in the last years. We do not need nothing else for the moment but we >are looking to have more speed. It has been running under a double >Pentium III processor with 512MB of ram and it has a disk of 40GB. > >I was wondering of it is possible to do 2 things. > >a) Only put the disk in a new machine at least a double core with >2GB of RAM. My guess is that could boot with a few problems on >hardware.... what do you think? > >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.... :=) > >on b). Is there a simple way to do it? Copying the disk is easy enough. However, 4.11 is VERY old and doesnt necessarily support the latest in hardware or even recent hardware. e.g. it might not recognize the SATA controller, or might not work well with it. Cloning the disk is easy. dump | restore will work well. Google for the terms "copy disk dump restore freebsd" and you will find lots of HOWTO docs What I suggest is if you really cant start fresh with 7.1R, install a fresh copy of 4.11 onto the new hardware and make sure it works. Then try duplicating the disk via dump and restore. ---Mike