From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 27 04:38:23 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3316716A412 for ; Fri, 27 Oct 2006 04:38:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from decibel@decibel.org) Received: from noel.decibel.org (noel.decibel.org [67.100.216.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 94B2943D46 for ; Fri, 27 Oct 2006 04:38:20 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from decibel@decibel.org) Received: by noel.decibel.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id E4AFB5643A; Thu, 26 Oct 2006 23:38:07 -0500 (CDT) Received: (hashcash-sendmail, from uid 1001); Thu, 26 Oct 2006 23:38:06 -0500 Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2006 23:38:06 -0500 From: "Jim C. Nasby" To: Torfinn Ingolfsen Message-ID: <20061027043805.GJ26892@decibel.org> Mail-Followup-To: "Jim C. Nasby" , Torfinn Ingolfsen , freebsd-stable@freebsd.org References: <453531C9.7080304@freebsd.org> <20061017230722.GH8866@gargantuan.com> <20061018120336.H42237@tribble.ilrt.bris.ac.uk> <20061018220446.02eae2e1.ota@j.email.ne.jp> <20061019170950.GP71084@decibel.org> <20061020000259.f6af91a6.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20061020000259.f6af91a6.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE-p10 amd64 X-Distributed: Join the Effort! http://www.distributed.net User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) X-Hashcash: 1:20:061027:torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no::pwvrepHnD5fPvrUw:0000000 0000000000000000000000000GP3 X-Hashcash: 1:20:061027:freebsd-stable@freebsd.org::WjzVyDHclJFrgp4n:00000000000 00000000000000000000000030O3 Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 4.x EoL X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2006 04:38:23 -0000 On Fri, Oct 20, 2006 at 12:02:59AM +0200, Torfinn Ingolfsen wrote: > On Thu, 19 Oct 2006 12:09:50 -0500 > "Jim C. Nasby" wrote: > > > The issue I run into is that I use software raid (vinum in 4.11, > > gmirror in 6.x), and I don't know of any way to go from one to the > > other that doesn't involve wiping both drives at the same time. > > So, what is your backup plan? As in "backup and restore"? Given how long it takes to restore 250G I'd rather not make that the migration plan. Not to mention the time to do a fresh install, which is what you seem to by implying. -- Jim C. Nasby, Database Architect decibel@decibel.org Give your computer some brain candy! www.distributed.net Team #1828 Windows: "Where do you want to go today?" Linux: "Where do you want to go tomorrow?" FreeBSD: "Are you guys coming, or what?"