Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2002 21:06:10 +0200 From: "tonix (Antonio Nati)" <tonix@interazioni.it> To: freebsd-reply@akruijff.dds.nl Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Upgrading from 4.0 to 4.6 Message-ID: <5.1.1.6.0.20020623210112.0466ae98@pop.ufficiopostale.it> In-Reply-To: <628414168.20020623141837@dds.nl> References: <5.1.1.6.0.20020621143524.00a71a08@pop.ufficiopostale.it> <5.1.1.6.0.20020621143524.00a71a08@pop.ufficiopostale.it>
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At 23/06/2002 23/06/2002 +0200, Alex wrote: >tAN> May anyone suggest if this plan may works, or suggest me different paths? >tAN> A) Backup old system (megatar.tar.Z) >tAN> B) Create new system, with minimal FreeBSD 4.0 installation, creation of >tAN> all disks, etc... >tAN> C) Restore of megatar.tar.z in new system > >You will at lease use a image tool not an archive tool. Check out dd >or ghost (windows). And it would only work if you got the same kind of >hardware on the system. (I have had no experience with dd.) Since its >new hardware you have nothing to lose. > >If it works you have the same system on the new hardware. Do a make >world just in case there are minor problems. I understand what you mean, but I prefer to avoid dd or such. I don't need to create boot record or devices, because I want to do that with the first minimal installation. New hardware has new devices, so I must make a first minimal installation to create and use them. (I've forgotten to say that I exclude /dev from the megatar.tar.Z). Thanks anyway, Tonino To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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