From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 27 04:42:37 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 1B14316A40F for ; Fri, 27 Oct 2006 04:42:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org) Received: from elvis.mu.org (elvis.mu.org [192.203.228.196]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9C74E43D60 for ; Fri, 27 Oct 2006 04:42:25 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org) Received: from obsecurity.dyndns.org (elvis.mu.org [192.203.228.196]) by elvis.mu.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 46F2C1A4D82; Thu, 26 Oct 2006 21:42:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: by obsecurity.dyndns.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 9AD8651305; Fri, 27 Oct 2006 00:42:21 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2006 00:42:21 -0400 From: Kris Kennaway To: "Jim C. Nasby" , Torfinn Ingolfsen , freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20061027044221.GA71944@xor.obsecurity.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> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="MGYHOYXEY6WxJCY8" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20061027043805.GJ26892@decibel.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Cc: 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 04:42:37 -0000 --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" 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--