Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2015 13:22:02 -0800 From: David Benfell <benfell@parts-unknown.org> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Want to reinstall, preserving existing configuration Message-ID: <20151210132202.Horde.L-UfLdFlWeCANimy0-JWSdg@mail.parts-unknown.org>
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This message is in MIME format and has been PGP signed. --=_B9DOtWrJ3QhTUbwDFtOm7RJ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed; DelSp=Yes Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi all, This is about my old notebook. It has 3GB of memory, which is pretty=20=20 marginal=20for ZFS. Adding more memory is not an option (I wish it were,=20= =20 but=20ASUS solders the memory onto the board with these systems). At the time, the only way I could find to install FreeBSD on it was=20=20 with=20PC-BSD, which I think insists on using ZFS. I've since cleaned=20=20 off=20most of the PC-BSD cruft and, really, there's nothing terribly=20=20 wrong=20with the system. In fact, it's the success story that makes=20=20 FreeBSD=20my preferred operating system. But there are a couple problems which are inclining me to reinstall.=20=20 First,=20the system is slow and I think ZFS isn't helping me. Second, I=20= =20 can't=20for the life of me figure out how to get through a portion of=20=20 the=20make world step where the newly rebuilt base system is supposed to=20= =20 be=20installed in single-user mode--I've been having to boot all the way=20= =20 and=20do that installation on a fully live system (yes, that's worked).=20= =20 ZFS=20isn't helping me here either (I don't have this problem on UFS=20=20 systems). Because=20there's nothing else terribly wrong, I'd basically like to=20=20 preserve=20the existing configuration. That includes ports and the build=20= =20 options.=20Has anyone come up with a neat procedure for doing this? Thanks! --=20 David=20Benfell <benfell@parts-unknown.org> --=_B9DOtWrJ3QhTUbwDFtOm7RJ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Description: PGP Digital Signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iQIcBAABAgAGBQJWaez6AAoJEOoml8Ul4D7WOagP/i4+rBilQ/V+gJnpfjKL+28d 9tva6dXvgt8NA688QooTopQhDGgYfBmFuLb87E/xMzyMeM1YKGWEL6YzDJsvQ6WO 6FGzladrrWoif1Lk5nfnxPVlWz2qFi4QV3A1Vw2WtN5t8GLRp7qBYCa52QMeAv7y wT86dOVD6bFZJPAjvEDXbfXWI1GDiD7ZLZGokybQQPl70x1HeHieoqDwuYisdR1U 5hli89bcRQMNRV9xx3RX1oN7+R3iCerdtPicQUJQUgttdNMjR4Y2O0H7Vo6PFKDQ n5eNVWn1fePnd/dbT031IXFxKQX/kKZy5mvgQUv+fB8pDiJIB2s19leqWtPhkm7u VHNkZcU7fckF0n83IZpRieBzABDHKGQ0uwymZXQhp6NAtfeCGanPQlSTjjdxgo+9 SQHvzOCEZZdG3vya8cGkDF1krNkFVr39NZ5z0sLhgYp0x57c82suDKdCFob0RCoP PMcKLuHzmUcWrO7KD896CwXbI95PkRDIQyUZQppxt3oqNUlewHiYnzy2h6zc56Xs m3bRrGg6PDHKAi9eKHQVEWI2Tv5d1fQ9E/67dl5pifZj8teNo3fDGnwpc0ZUlZn5 0PfcK028r7h/5DJARtv4qrnNkUwNb4EMQM9bH0IVQ/wZr+iZVDCVuVrcwAAhCEr0 HfMw5ysYLSvjcYeUhaUA =+VhF -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=_B9DOtWrJ3QhTUbwDFtOm7RJ--
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