Date: Sat, 7 Sep 2002 00:34:20 -0400 From: Michael Johnson <michael@emjay.net> To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Time to step up Message-ID: <13F99052-C21B-11D6-BF19-003065966488@emjay.net>
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So here I sit in my new job with a few alphas running Tru64, one with Linux, about 8 SGI machines, about 25 Mac OS X (BSD based) machines, and a Windows laptop with RedHat as a dual boot. The Windows is something I can do without, but I absolutely have to keep on the laptop. Linux, I can replace with whatever I want. What I want, given the serious push toward BSD based machines, is to put FreeBSD on the laptop. Not a big problem...a lot of people do it. The catch: I want to install it OVER the Linux install. That is, I want to keep the users, passwords, home directories, etc., and get the benefit, and comfort, of BSD. Is this possible, or do I need to just pack up the thought and install fresh over the Linux and recreate all the users? I don't know that saving the /etc/passwd /etc/groups and /etc/shadow files would do it since the systems are different. Would that work? -Michael To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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