Date: Sat, 10 May 2008 09:12:46 -0400 From: DAve <dave.list@pixelhammer.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd7 on older machines Message-ID: <48259F4E.7040700@pixelhammer.com> In-Reply-To: <20080510142202.B60043@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> References: <20080509133949.53b83c29@gom.home> <20080510142202.B60043@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
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Wojciech Puchar wrote: >> installation cdrom. >> >> i want to create a series of 'dumb terminals' which can ssh -Y into a > > make X server running - you will be able to remotely use X apps too. > >> faster machine. if necessary i suppose i can floppy in and then install >> via nfs. or i can setup the hd on another machine that does support the >> install cdrom and then transfer to the older machine. >> >> here are the specific questions: >> >> 1. do older machines work better with older versions of freebsd? > > should work with FreeBSD 7, but i would rather use 6.* > >> 2. if i dd a hd (with freebsd) onto another hd will i have a problem >> with the mbr and be unable to boot? > > no. it will work You can use rdump this way, I have done it many many times to "clone" a server from one piece of hardware to another. Boot with a live filesystem CD on the target machine Mount your partitions under /mnt/ufs.1, /mnt/ufs.2, /mnt/ufs.3 (etc) Then rdump from the source machine Edit your conf files Reboot Easy as pie ;^) DAve -- In 50 years, our descendants will look back on the early years of the internet, and much like we now look back on men with rockets on their back and feathers glued to their arms, marvel that we had the intelligence to wipe the drool from our chins.
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