From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 24 04:12:24 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3CCA837B401 for ; Tue, 24 Jun 2003 04:12:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: from phoenix.welearn.com.au (phoenix.welearn.com.au [139.130.44.81]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4BEC043FDD for ; Tue, 24 Jun 2003 04:12:22 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sue@welearn.com.au) Received: from phoenix.welearn.com.au (localhost [127.0.0.1]) h5OBCFgC049276; Tue, 24 Jun 2003 21:12:15 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from sue@phoenix.welearn.com.au) Received: (from sue@localhost) by phoenix.welearn.com.au (8.12.8/8.12.8/Submit) id h5OBCE2s049275; Tue, 24 Jun 2003 21:12:14 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from sue) Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2003 21:12:14 +1000 From: Sue Blake To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20030624211214.O96512@welearn.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i X-PGP-Fingerprint: E9A3 7B97 C563 DBB1 979E BC04 D2A2 9DA3 1274 7885 Subject: Disaster recovery planning X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2003 11:12:24 -0000 Here's how I plan to recover a system from a level 0 backup to new hardware, if ever the need arises: 1. boot off installation CD (or floppy??) 2. disklabel, make filesystems (using sysinstall) 3. restore root filesystem and mount it 4. change fstab and various configs to work with new hardware 5. boot in single user mode, fix fstab and devices, restore other filesystems 6. boot multiuser and fix anything that still doesn't work I'm upgrading using cvsup and don't have recent CDs. I know I can make my own bootable CD to keep for this purpose, but I don't want to rely on it being found in a crisis if there is a more generic method. Can I do this by booting off an _old_ FreeBSD CD? How old, I mean, what sort of changes do I need to look out for? I think I need the fixit CD too, I couldn't just use the holographic shell even if feeling masochistic... or could I? Could it be done just using a couple of quickly downloaded boot floppy images, in which case I'd only need to document the URL for the current floppies? -- Regards, -*Sue*-