From owner-freebsd-questions Mon May 17 13:44:59 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from resnet.uoregon.edu (resnet.uoregon.edu [128.223.144.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9AE99150CD for ; Mon, 17 May 1999 13:44:56 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by resnet.uoregon.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA00794; Mon, 17 May 1999 13:44:47 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 13:44:46 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White To: Alex Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: backing up In-Reply-To: <4.1.19990516011630.00911d70@pop.hotkey.net.au> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, 16 May 1999, Alex wrote: > if i was to make a backup of my whole os data files every thing execpt > boot sectors and then place them on to a diffrint machine with a boot > sector from an install, if /etc/fstab and the kernel have been changed > or will match (will run on new system due to mods or existing > cappabilty) should every thing run ok? Sure. > to sum up apart form /etc/fstab and the kernel there are no other > files that should cause me problams are there (ie system spesfic > (holding hardware info etc..) files that i need to watch for) And the kernel, if you've customized it. Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message