Date: Tue, 6 Feb 96 8:55:06 MET From: Greg Lehey <lehey.pad@sni.de> To: dennis@etinc.com (dennis) Cc: hackers@freebsd.org (Hackers; FreeBSD) Subject: Re: Converting from Linux to FreeBSD Message-ID: <199602060759.IAA25087@nixpbe.pdb.sni.de> In-Reply-To: <199602011715.MAA19747@etinc.com>; from "dennis" at Feb 1, 96 12:15 pm
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> >>>> My questions... >>>> >>>> can linux be 'upgraded' in place to freeBSD? >>> >>> Probably not. Certainly, in view of the requirement that you don't go >>> down for long, you'd be better off installing FreeBSD on separate >>> disks. That way, if you *do* experience problems, you can fall back >>> to Linux quickly and painlessly. >> >> In particular, the Linux second stage boot code will not work for >> FreeBSD, which expects the second stage boot code to pass it much >> information from BIOS space that is unavailable in protected mode. >> >> In addition, using the FreeBSD second stage boot will not by default >> recognize the unsliced partitions Linux uses as mountable as root, >> nor will the kernel recognize ext2fs by default (variant root FS >> types is one argument pro a bootfs). > > Its taking more time to discuss this issue than simply build a new system and > copy stuff over! There's no contradiction in that. The discussion is not so time-critical, and the results can be used in multiple situations. The last thing the original poster wants is to run into problems in mid-migration. Greg
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