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From: jason@sprint.com.au (Jason Hodges)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Linux -> FreeBSD
Date: Mon, 13 Nov 1995 03:05:02 GMT
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When our new machine arrives I intend to install FreeBSD on it instead
of linux which is currently installed. Can anyone reccomend a good way
of getting most of the data and configuration across to the FreeBSD
machine. It would certainly save a lot of my time if i could salvage a
lot of what I have already configure and use it for FreeBSD rather
than go through the whole process of setting it up again. I have a
spare 1gb drive that I intend to install FreeBSD on which will mean I
will still have Linux installed on another 1gb drive. Is it possible
to mount the Linux partitions from a 2nd drive while FreeBSD is
running and then copy it all across, or is it a matter of backing it
all up to tape and then restoring it bit by bit?

Any help/suggestions/advice from people who have done the same would
be greatly appreciated.