Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2006 23:22:44 -0600 From: "Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC" <chad@shire.net> To: john@cruzweb.net Cc: je killen <jekillen@prodigy.net>, freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: swapping out mb and cpu Message-ID: <B7F80D08-D10D-41FA-82E6-767F2AEDFAAA@shire.net> In-Reply-To: <443884BE.7040700@gmail.com> References: <efe44db3e65c461f859a7d1b53b0f0ac@prodigy.net> <443884BE.7040700@gmail.com>
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On Apr 8, 2006, at 9:51 PM, John Cruz wrote: > As far as I know, as long as your drive configuration is the the > same (/root on ide0 disk 1 would be ide0 disk 1 on the new machine > as well) then it should work without a hitch. I'll be upgrading my > machine in the near future as well, so any insight on this is much > apprecaited. Should be ok (both above and below) as long as you move all the SCSI cards or map your ide/sata drives the same. I have done this before without issue Chad > > -John > > je killen wrote: >> Hello; >> I have a machine running with FreeBSD 6.0 running on AMD64 socket >> 754 and Elite Group motherboard. It has been up and running >> without problem continuously for about 5 weeks now (although I am >> the only one connecting to it at present). I have purchased >> a new mother board and cpu. The new mb is Gigabyte GA-K8N-SLI and >> the new cpu is Athlon 64 socket 939. It has extended PCI slots and >> I am planning on swapping the FreeBSD installation to the new >> motherboard and processor. If I just move the hard drives >> and SCSI adapter to the new machine will it run on the different >> motherboard and processor? Or do I have to install FreeBSD >> specifically on the new machine? >> The reason I'm considering this is because the AMD64 754 machine >> has a SCSI adapter made for an extended PCI slot. >> The mb has only standard PCI slots so the adapter isn't being used >> optimally. So I would be swapping the main drive (ata) and two >> SCSI drives (assigned usr and var partitions, respectively), as >> well as the adapter. >> Is this possible? >> Thanks in advance; >> JK >> >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions- >> unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions- > unsubscribe@freebsd.org" --- Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC Your Web App and Email hosting provider chad at shire.net
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