Date: Sat, 7 Nov 2009 21:34:48 +0000 From: David Chanters <david.chanters@googlemail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Migrating from Linux (keeping partitions at install time) Message-ID: <ac3d41850911071334l4fc5adf1h979c2478f7143a35@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi all, I am considering switching from Debian Linux to FreeBSD. I am wondering if at install time, sysinstall is able to allow me to keep "/home" from my Debian installation. "/home" on Debian is currently a separate partition in its own right, mounted as RXT3. I only have the one hard disk in my machine. So, questions: 1. Can the installer be told to not touch "/home" at install time (I appreciate I would have to ensure I mapped the current /dev/hda2 terminology to slices in BSD parlance) 2. Does the fact that this is an EXT3 partition matter? (I have read FreeBSD supports ext2, and ext3 is just ext2 with a journal, so it can be mounted as ext2 if needed). 3. Is it possible/beneficial to convert this to UFS once FreeBSD is installed? Thanks in advance for any help. David
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