Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2015 13:22:02 -0800 From: David Benfell <benfell@parts-unknown.org> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Want to reinstall, preserving existing configuration Message-ID: <20151210132202.Horde.L-UfLdFlWeCANimy0-JWSdg@mail.parts-unknown.org>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] Hi all, This is about my old notebook. It has 3GB of memory, which is pretty marginal for ZFS. Adding more memory is not an option (I wish it were, but ASUS solders the memory onto the board with these systems). At the time, the only way I could find to install FreeBSD on it was with PC-BSD, which I think insists on using ZFS. I've since cleaned off most of the PC-BSD cruft and, really, there's nothing terribly wrong with the system. In fact, it's the success story that makes FreeBSD my preferred operating system. But there are a couple problems which are inclining me to reinstall. First, the system is slow and I think ZFS isn't helping me. Second, I can't for the life of me figure out how to get through a portion of the make world step where the newly rebuilt base system is supposed to be installed in single-user mode--I've been having to boot all the way and do that installation on a fully live system (yes, that's worked). ZFS isn't helping me here either (I don't have this problem on UFS systems). Because there's nothing else terribly wrong, I'd basically like to preserve the existing configuration. That includes ports and the build options. Has anyone come up with a neat procedure for doing this? Thanks! -- David Benfell <benfell@parts-unknown.org> [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iQIcBAABAgAGBQJWaez6AAoJEOoml8Ul4D7WOagP/i4+rBilQ/V+gJnpfjKL+28d 9tva6dXvgt8NA688QooTopQhDGgYfBmFuLb87E/xMzyMeM1YKGWEL6YzDJsvQ6WO 6FGzladrrWoif1Lk5nfnxPVlWz2qFi4QV3A1Vw2WtN5t8GLRp7qBYCa52QMeAv7y wT86dOVD6bFZJPAjvEDXbfXWI1GDiD7ZLZGokybQQPl70x1HeHieoqDwuYisdR1U 5hli89bcRQMNRV9xx3RX1oN7+R3iCerdtPicQUJQUgttdNMjR4Y2O0H7Vo6PFKDQ n5eNVWn1fePnd/dbT031IXFxKQX/kKZy5mvgQUv+fB8pDiJIB2s19leqWtPhkm7u VHNkZcU7fckF0n83IZpRieBzABDHKGQ0uwymZXQhp6NAtfeCGanPQlSTjjdxgo+9 SQHvzOCEZZdG3vya8cGkDF1krNkFVr39NZ5z0sLhgYp0x57c82suDKdCFob0RCoP PMcKLuHzmUcWrO7KD896CwXbI95PkRDIQyUZQppxt3oqNUlewHiYnzy2h6zc56Xs m3bRrGg6PDHKAi9eKHQVEWI2Tv5d1fQ9E/67dl5pifZj8teNo3fDGnwpc0ZUlZn5 0PfcK028r7h/5DJARtv4qrnNkUwNb4EMQM9bH0IVQ/wZr+iZVDCVuVrcwAAhCEr0 HfMw5ysYLSvjcYeUhaUA =+VhF -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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