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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.cis.okstate.edu!news.ksu.ksu.edu!lazrus.cca.rockwell.com!cacd.rockwell.com!newsrelay.iastate.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sprintlink.net!news1!not-for-mail From: root@dyson.iquest.net (John S. Dyson) Subject: Re: switching from linux to freeBSD... X-Nntp-Posting-Host: dyson.iquest.net Message-ID: <4enfpb$1n9@dyson.iquest.net> Sender: news@iquest.net (News Admin) Organization: John S. Dyson's home machine References: <310e97ec.6731745@199.182.102.2> Date: Wed, 31 Jan 1996 10:20:27 GMT Lines: 26 In article <310e97ec.6731745@199.182.102.2>, John R Pierce <pierce@diamondmm.com> wrote: > >My questions... > > can linux be 'upgraded' in place to freeBSD? > Don't think so. Someone might have come up with a trick or two, as upgrades appear to be happening more and more often. > does freeBSD support the ext2 file system from linux w/o > reformatting? > Unfortunately, even the stuff in -current isn't ready for *industrial* use yet. (I am the person who ported it from lites, so I know :-)). > What caveats and/or gotchas am I, a unix admin newbie, likely > to experience? > Be careful of FreeBSD NFS. It works great and is fast, but only under light to medium loads. Heavy loads will give you *grief*. There is work to be done. John Dyson dyson@freebsd.org