From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Dec 3 11:13:19 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id LAA06209 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 3 Dec 1996 11:13:19 -0800 (PST) Received: from buffnet4.buffnet.net (root@buffnet4.buffnet.net [205.246.19.13]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id LAA06202 for ; Tue, 3 Dec 1996 11:13:13 -0800 (PST) Received: from buffnet1.buffnet.net (mmdf@buffnet1.buffnet.net [205.246.19.10]) by buffnet4.buffnet.net (8.6.12/8.6.9) with SMTP id TAA10460 for ; Tue, 3 Dec 1996 19:15:00 GMT Received: from buffnet11.buffnet.net by buffnet1.buffnet.net id aa23181; 3 Dec 96 14:21 EST Date: Tue, 3 Dec 1996 14:21:44 -0500 (EST) From: Steve To: michael dorin cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Can I move a system from... In-Reply-To: <199612031836.MAA25834@chaski.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, 3 Dec 1996, michael dorin wrote: > > I have one freebsd based system running on a 486. > > Can I take the drives and move it to a new pentium? > (Then rebuild the kernal) > > Will it boot? unlike SCO (which I still have a couple) You can and do not have to recompile unless you have other hardware with non-standard settings or something in the new box. Ive had to do this sort of thing in a pinch.