Headless upgrade from Linux to FreeBSD

2005-06-16 Thread Andrew P.
Hello, I've been using FreeBSD for a while - and I prefer it to all other server OS'es, but incidentally I have Fedora Core 3 installed on one of the servers I manage. I consulted all interested parties and they have nothing against migrating it to FreeBSD. I've got physical access to the box,

Re: Headless upgrade from Linux to FreeBSD

2005-06-16 Thread Tony Shadwick
There are ways to do this, but none of them are really good ideas. If this machine has any uptime requirements at all, I wouldn't do it. If you *must*, and you have a decent bootloader on the disk you're booting from now (grub?), and you have a second available disk, then you could create a

Re: Headless upgrade from Linux to FreeBSD

2005-06-16 Thread albi
On Thu, 16 Jun 2005 18:48:38 +0400 Andrew P. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've been using FreeBSD for a while - and I prefer it to all other server OS'es, but incidentally I have Fedora Core 3 installed on one of the servers I manage. I consulted all interested parties and they have nothing

Re: Headless upgrade from Linux to FreeBSD

2005-06-16 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Thu, Jun 16, 2005 at 06:48:38PM +0400, Andrew P. wrote: Hello, I've been using FreeBSD for a while - and I prefer it to all other server OS'es, but incidentally I have Fedora Core 3 installed on one of the servers I manage. I consulted all interested parties and they have nothing against

Re: Headless upgrade from Linux to FreeBSD

2005-06-16 Thread Andrew P.
On 6/16/05, albi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 16 Jun 2005 18:48:38 +0400 Andrew P. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've been using FreeBSD for a while - and I prefer it to all other server OS'es, but incidentally I have Fedora Core 3 installed on one of the servers I manage. I consulted all