Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2002 00:11:06 -0600 From: Mike Meyer <mwm-dated-1016691067.d08e69@mired.org> To: Chip Wiegand <chip@wiegand.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: What are the implications of moving my hard drive to a differant pc? Message-ID: <15506.57850.425345.840853@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <20020315215424.61903c4f.chip@wiegand.org> References: <20020315215424.61903c4f.chip@wiegand.org>
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In <20020315215424.61903c4f.chip@wiegand.org>, Chip Wiegand <chip@wiegand.org> typed: > I was given a computer, PII/350 with no drives. I am considering moving > my hard drive from this compter I am currently using, AMD K6-2/350, into > the PII. Will there be any problems doing this? I know in windoze this > is generally no big deal, but am not sure about doing this in FreeBSD > (4.5). I've done this a number of times, in a number of different ways. There are only two things to worry about. 1) Make sure you have a GENERIC kernel handy. 2) If you've got a NIC, it'll change names, and that will have to be fixed in /etc/rc.conf. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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