Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2016 21:16:06 -0700 From: David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Non working NIC Message-ID: <0a3091e5-ae79-cd75-93e9-34d962eddfb7@holgerdanske.com> In-Reply-To: <EE5620EF-2AA9-4F66-9923-94DCCA7F354C@mail.sermon-archive.info> References: <224DCDD3-162F-4E67-8C1D-9332C85FC032@mail.sermon-archive.info> <C5192B10-AD4E-4966-88EA-486AE1DA9116@mail.sermon-archive.info> <6A68E1F3-95CC-42AE-94B4-02B153E4E83F@mail.sermon-archive.info> <20160818010513.0c95f8df.freebsd@edvax.de> <F582ED5D-5BB4-4FE6-B4FA-32BB2F9EBFC8@mail.sermon-archive.info> <20160818015848.d9fd126e.freebsd@edvax.de> <174B1185-C1FF-4699-81B6-861E97A30181@mail.sermon-archive.info> <21C5CB57-F898-48DB-B3C4-24D4D57DB5FF@mail.sermon-archive.info> <EE5620EF-2AA9-4F66-9923-94DCCA7F354C@mail.sermon-archive.info>
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On 08/26/2016 01:52 PM, Doug Hardie wrote: > ... I don't see a way to upgrade without a working network. This is a backup machine that backs up numerous others so the data on there is huge and is not easily replaced. I don't have another drive large enough to hold it. ... bsdinstall will wipe out the drive. So, any ideas how to do the upgrade? I am out of ideas at the moment. I came in late on this thread. It sounds like your backup machine has one HDD with OS, applications, and data? How about unplug your HDD, get a 16 GB SSD, do a fresh install of whatever OS you want, and then reconnect the HDD as a data drive? David
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