Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2008 09:04:35 -0400 (EDT) From: Andrew Wright <andrewhw@ieee.org> To: Ivan Voras <ivoras@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: OpenBSD -> FreeBSD migration Message-ID: <alpine.BSO.1.10.0804210857150.30316@U48.N136.QueensU.CA> In-Reply-To: <fuhmks$trd$1@ger.gmane.org> References: <alpine.BSO.1.10.0804201527430.30316@U48.N136.QueensU.CA> <fuhmks$trd$1@ger.gmane.org>
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Ivan Voras wrote: > Andrew Wright wrote: >> If both of these are true, I can simply install FreeBSD over >> top of the OpenBSD /, /var and /usr partitions, and then be >> able to mount the old /home. Is this something people do? > > If you delete everything from all directories except /home, it might > work. Otherwise, the risk of getting mixed binaries, libraries and > scripts from both systems is too great. I probably should have been more clear in my initial post -- I am certainly intending on relabelling + reformatting partitions for /, /usr, /var, /tmp and so on -- to try to run these with a potential filesystem incompatbility (not to mention the potential of mixed binaries) is just asking for trouble. What I am hoping to do is run "dump | restore", as the various userdata partitions are all on separate drives (in "a" partitions), and I have enough space to dump the first one and compress it onto another user-space drive, and similar jiggery-pokery (Doing this will save _many_ media swaps, and thus much time). Essentially, I am asking whether _readonly_ access works, for which I will need FreeBSD to read the disklabel and the filesystem. Thought I'd clear that up in case a perusal through the archives steered anyone wrong later one. Thanks to everyone who pointed out the "live" CD, I think that will let me answer most, if not all, of my questions. Andrew.
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