Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2006 00:42:21 -0400 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: "Jim C. Nasby" <decibel@decibel.org>, Torfinn Ingolfsen <torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 4.x EoL Message-ID: <20061027044221.GA71944@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <20061027043805.GJ26892@decibel.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> <20061027043805.GJ26892@decibel.org>
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--MGYHOYXEY6WxJCY8 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Oct 26, 2006 at 11:38:06PM -0500, Jim C. Nasby wrote: > 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" <decibel@decibel.org> wrote: > >=20 > > > 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. > >=20 > > So, what is your backup plan? As in "backup and restore"? >=20 > 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. No, he's saying "make you sure have a backup plan in case the upgrade turns all your 0's into 1's". Part of a sensible backup plan does include verifying your backup, though. Kris --MGYHOYXEY6WxJCY8 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFFQY4tWry0BWjoQKURAjtGAKCd40JiYk+Ko4NtaZTilxOTkDrfHACcD4hX Yvtcd2hsWosQ8C/rU8xrLFA= =YXZ6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --MGYHOYXEY6WxJCY8--
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