From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 1 17:30:53 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 31A4816A4CE for ; Wed, 1 Dec 2004 17:30:53 +0000 (GMT) Received: from shadow.wixb.com (shadow.wixb.com [65.43.82.173]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C653E43D1D for ; Wed, 1 Dec 2004 17:30:52 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jbronson@wixb.com) Organization: Aurora Health Care, Milwaukee WI USA Message-Id: <6.2.0.14.2.20041201112926.00ab9e30@localhost> Date: Wed, 01 Dec 2004 11:31:02 -0600 To: "David Kelly" From: "J.D. Bronson" In-Reply-To: <1304.207.111.173.106.1101920332.squirrel@webmail.dogbark.c om> References: <6.2.0.14.2.20041201101511.00abf138@localhost> <1304.207.111.173.106.1101920332.squirrel@webmail.dogbark.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: convert from scsi to IDE X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 01 Dec 2004 17:30:53 -0000 At 10:58 AM 12/01/2004, David Kelly wrote: > > umm..I have a freebsd install on a SCSI drive > > and I need to convert this to IDE. > > > > I have an issue with the fact that no matter what I do, if I install and > > IDE drive - the BIOS will always try to boot off of the IDE drive. > >Ah! The "wonders" of the committee-designed PC architecture. > >You say nothing of your motherboard BIOS or SCSI interface. The key as to >which drive is booted lies there. Then again there are ways around it. > >Boot a FreeBSD Install CD and prepare the IDE drive. Most importantly >partition and install the bootmanager. Flush the work out to the drive. >Then on reboot item F5 should transfer the boot to the next drive. If the >next drive has the same FreeBSD boot manager it too will have an F5, and >so on until one gets back to the first where the loop continues. Each >drive remembers the prior use so after 5 or 10 seconds the first will >transfer to the next on your next reboot. > >I suggest that you take this opportunity to clean up your system, >document, and update. Install a fresh 4.10 or 5.3 on the IDE drive. Take >notes while you do so. Once the FreeBSD things have been dealt with on the >IDE drive, mount the SCSI (if not already) and start copying your known >important stuff. Use the old drive as a reference for which ports need to >be installed. Take notes. The old drive is always there for things you >missed, and you *will* miss some things. Thats why you are taking notes. >At some point in the future you may have to rebuild the machine and not >have the original drive as a reference. > >With the FreeBSD boot manager on the IDE drive you can painlessly reboot >to either your new IDE or old SCSI installation. At most /etc/fstab needs >touchup on each. Thanks for the tips. I have a full fresh 5.3 install with all my tweaks and personality installed on the scsi. I am dumping to tape tonight. What I might do is toss 2 IDE drives in there...do an install (mini) on the 1...get it up and running and then run /stand/sysinstall on the 2nd drive and set it up, format it and then mount it. Then I can restore from tape onto the 2nd drive too. I did that last year when I lost a hard drive :) thanks again. -- J.D. Bronson Aurora Health Care // Information Services // Milwaukee, WI USA Office: 414.978.8282 // Email: jd@aurora.org // Pager: 414.314.8282