Date: 11 Nov 2005 08:28:29 -0500 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: "Richard Collyer" <richard@firebadger.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upgrading to 6.0 - Would this backup strategy work? Message-ID: <44ek5n1fgi.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <52320.83.146.34.219.1131619636.squirrel@www.firebadger.net> References: <52320.83.146.34.219.1131619636.squirrel@www.firebadger.net>
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"Richard Collyer" <richard@firebadger.net> writes: > I'm thinking of upgrading my 5.4 box to 6.0 mainly becuase I've never done > a buildworld I've always installed a fresh. The box is not production > quality just something for me to learn BSD on. > > I have a 7006-2 3ware raid controller miroring on 2 drives. If I was to > remove one of the drives and then do the upgrade if the upgrade was > successful I could put the other drive in a build the array again. > > If it failedi could use the old drive to rebuild a working system quickly. > > Anyone see any issues with this? I think it should work. It seems to have a bunch of ways to accidentally shoot yourself in the foot, though.
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