From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Apr 9 05:22:46 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 3A5C116A402 for ; Sun, 9 Apr 2006 05:22:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chad@shire.net) Received: from hobbiton.shire.net (mail.shire.net [166.70.252.250]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E71D643D46 for ; Sun, 9 Apr 2006 05:22:45 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from chad@shire.net) Received: from [67.171.127.191] (helo=[192.168.99.68]) by hobbiton.shire.net with esmtpa (Exim 4.51) id 1FSSNp-000EfD-59; Sat, 08 Apr 2006 23:22:45 -0600 In-Reply-To: <443884BE.7040700@gmail.com> References: <443884BE.7040700@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v746.3) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: "Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC" Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2006 23:22:44 -0600 To: john@cruzweb.net X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.746.3) X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 67.171.127.191 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: chad@shire.net X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No (on hobbiton.shire.net); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Cc: je killen , freebsd-questions Subject: Re: swapping out mb and cpu X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 09 Apr 2006 05:22:46 -0000 On Apr 8, 2006, at 9:51 PM, John Cruz wrote: > 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. Should be ok (both above and below) as long as you move all the SCSI cards or map your ide/sata drives the same. I have done this before without issue Chad > > -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" >> > > _______________________________________________ > 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" --- Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC Your Web App and Email hosting provider chad at shire.net