Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2002 10:44:35 +0100 (BST) From: Jan Grant <Jan.Grant@bristol.ac.uk> To: Mark Filipak <filipak@earthlink.net> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Mark asks: Easy way to copy CD-ROM > MS-floppy? Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.44.0204201029160.5009-100000@mail.ilrt.bris.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <3CC0CAE5.A8A56319@earthlink.net>
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On Fri, 19 Apr 2002, Mark Filipak wrote: > The Task > ======== > I'm trying to make backup copies of > > /etc/rc.conf > /etc/defaults/rc.conf > /usr/local/s_apache/bin/apachectl > > prior to overwriting 3.3 (i.e., GallantWEB) with 4.5. I'm slightly confused here. According to the GallantWEB website, their product is based on "A Linux operating system" - a RedHat install with a 2.2 kernel (unless that's just marketeer-speak and they call it that while using a much more license-friendly BSD :-) ) Anyhoo, the configuration files aren't necessarily going go go straight from one OS to another; having copies of the files around is useful to see what was configured, but not necessarily how. Stuff you'll probably want to know: the usual networking stuff (for any ethernet cards), details of your dialup configuration (any PPP chat scripts); if you've got a website on there then getting the contents off is a good step - and you'll probably want httpd.conf (wherever that is) and other associated files in the apache conf directory, rather than apachectl (which is just a startup script). If you've got an SSL certificate, make sure you get copies of those too. When it comes to installing a new OS, you'll need to tell it the useful information you've gleaned (sysinstall will ask you for some of your networking information) then recreate the other subsystems (probably utilising your saved conf files in a piecemeal fashion). If the machine does email for you too then you may well want to salvage that; where it lives depends on how postfix is configured. Basically, figure out what services you are going to want to recreate, jot down salient details while you can get them, salvage any subsystem-related data files. Using the FBSD ports system it may well be easier to come to a fresh install of equivalent ports and configure them to provide equivalent service, rather than trying to make old config files work with newer software. Sorry if that's not much help :-/ -- jan grant, ILRT, University of Bristol. http://www.ilrt.bris.ac.uk/ Tel +44(0)117 9287088 Fax +44 (0)117 9287112 RFC822 jan.grant@bris.ac.uk The Java disclaimer: values of 'anywhere' may vary between regions. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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