Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2010 19:12:56 -0500 (EST) From: Jeff Mitchell <skeezix@skeleton.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Help! Upgrade from fbsd 5.4 to 8.x Message-ID: <20100131191048.D36480@fw.skeleton.org> In-Reply-To: <4B658FDC.1090301@gmail.com> References: <20100130225014.C36480@fw.skeleton.org> <4B65670B.6070201@gmail.com> <201001311945.52469.erich@alogreentechnologies.com> <4B658FDC.1090301@gmail.com>
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On Sun, 31 Jan 2010, Volodymyr Kostyrko wrote: # Not totally true. 5.4 was released in 2005 whereas newest motherboard with # which I faced personally problems booting from USB was from 2003. And it # actually declares that it can boot from USB. 5.4 seemed to actually have many issues with USB; some devices work, others cause kernel panics as soon as they hit the socket, so I generally avoid them on the machine (which causes no end of trouble for backups :) # However it's quite possible the hardware would not boot from USB stick. This An interesting idea to boot from USB here; I've often flirted with the idea of using the local-disk for storage, and the OS from flash media, and thus being able to swap easily without a hypervisor/etc. Anyway, as this box is a shell, mailserver, low end webserver etc, fairly dedicated in function, I think my best route will be to buy another disk (I mean, theyu're cheap right?) and do the jump straight to a fresh-8 install, harden it up, and do the piecemeal migration. Worst case is I go back to the existing drive for a few days until I get it all working. Thanks for the many tips my friends, jeff -- If everyone would put barbecue sauce on their food, there would be no war.
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