Date: Sat, 08 Apr 2006 23:51:26 -0400 From: John Cruz <cruzweb@gmail.com> To: je killen <jekillen@prodigy.net> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: swapping out mb and cpu Message-ID: <443884BE.7040700@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <efe44db3e65c461f859a7d1b53b0f0ac@prodigy.net> References: <efe44db3e65c461f859a7d1b53b0f0ac@prodigy.net>
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As far as I know, as long as your drive configuration is the the same (/root on ide0 disk 1 would be ide0 disk 1 on the new machine as well) then it should work without a hitch. I'll be upgrading my machine in the near future as well, so any insight on this is much apprecaited. -John je killen wrote: > Hello; > I have a machine running with FreeBSD 6.0 running on AMD64 socket 754 > and Elite Group motherboard. It has been up and running without > problem continuously for about 5 weeks now (although I am the only one > connecting to it at present). I have purchased > a new mother board and cpu. The new mb is Gigabyte GA-K8N-SLI and the > new cpu is Athlon 64 socket 939. It has extended PCI slots and I am > planning on swapping the FreeBSD installation to the new motherboard > and processor. If I just move the hard drives > and SCSI adapter to the new machine will it run on the different > motherboard and processor? Or do I have to install FreeBSD > specifically on the new machine? > The reason I'm considering this is because the AMD64 754 machine has > a SCSI adapter made for an extended PCI slot. > The mb has only standard PCI slots so the adapter isn't being used > optimally. So I would be swapping the main drive (ata) and two SCSI > drives (assigned usr and var partitions, respectively), as well as the > adapter. > Is this possible? > Thanks in advance; > JK > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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