Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2008 14:05:12 +0000 From: RW <fbsd06@mlists.homeunix.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: duplicate a drive Message-ID: <20081026140512.2813a544@gumby.homeunix.com> In-Reply-To: <4902C5B6.7090206@infracaninophile.co.uk> References: <f5b896260810240929s3c21eb2cj1a5571c2498c54c9@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0810241217370.14156@wonkity.com> <20081025013323.5483e265@gumby.homeunix.com> <4902C5B6.7090206@infracaninophile.co.uk>
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On Sat, 25 Oct 2008 08:07:34 +0100 Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> wrote: > RW wrote: > > On Fri, 24 Oct 2008 12:19:23 -0600 (MDT) > > Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> wrote: > > > >> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/disks.html#NEW-HUGE-DISK > >> > > > > "The best way is to reinstall the OS on the new disk, then move the > > user data over. This is highly recommended if you have been > > tracking -STABLE for more than one release, or have updated a > > release instead of installing a new one." > > > > > > "Highly recommended" seems a very strange thing for the FAQ to be > > saying. It's implying that FreeBSD base-system upgrades are a > > bit flaky. It even goes on "Should you decide not to do a fresh > > install", as if to say "you have been warned". > > > > Unless my experience is abnormal, we seem to be publishing our own > > FUD. > > When does a valid assessment of the difficulty of a certain course of > action turn into an unjustified attempt to spread Fear, Uncertainty > and Doubt? This is not FUD because it is absolutely true. You will > get better results by making a new install on your new hard drive and > merging over your data. ... install 7.x into a disk layout originally > designed for 4.x you ... change from UFS1 to UFS2 ... across major > version numbers I don't think anyone would dispute that a new disk is a good opportunity to avoid a major release upgrade, or to fix problems on a very old installation. What it says is: "highly recommended if you ... have updated a release". If you have a system that's been across a few minor releases and is working well, I would think the risks of screwing it up on a reinstall greatly outweigh any benefits - particularly if it involves reinstalling a lot of ports.
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