Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2006 23:38:06 -0500 From: "Jim C. Nasby" <decibel@decibel.org> To: Torfinn Ingolfsen <torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 4.x EoL Message-ID: <20061027043805.GJ26892@decibel.org> In-Reply-To: <20061020000259.f6af91a6.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> 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>
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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" <decibel@decibel.org> wrote: > > > 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. > > So, what is your backup plan? As in "backup and restore"? 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. -- Jim C. Nasby, Database Architect decibel@decibel.org Give your computer some brain candy! www.distributed.net Team #1828 Windows: "Where do you want to go today?" Linux: "Where do you want to go tomorrow?" FreeBSD: "Are you guys coming, or what?"
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