Re: Migration TeX/LaTeX: from teTeX -- TeXlive

2013-09-16 Thread Roland Smith
On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 01:57:51AM +0200, Polytropon wrote: On Sun, 15 Sep 2013 21:00:22 +0200, Roland Smith wrote: Personally I don't think TeX is a good fit for the ports tree (because of duplication of effort). I have to add that I think that the chosen strategy (provide a full port and a

Re: Migration TeX/LaTeX: from teTeX -- TeXlive

2013-09-16 Thread Polytropon
On Mon, 16 Sep 2013 20:33:15 +0200, Roland Smith wrote: On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 01:57:51AM +0200, Polytropon wrote: On Sun, 15 Sep 2013 21:00:22 +0200, Roland Smith wrote: Personally I don't think TeX is a good fit for the ports tree (because of duplication of effort). I have to add

Re: Migration TeX/LaTeX: from teTeX -- TeXlive

2013-09-15 Thread Roland Smith
of old junk when switching to a new major version. Before I start time consuming experiments, I'd like to ask whether there is a smooth way of migration. And for that, please enlighten me how I can extract those ports installed and needed by teTeX (a kind of port-traceback of required ports

Re: Migration TeX/LaTeX: from teTeX -- TeXlive

2013-09-15 Thread Tim Daneliuk
On 09/15/2013 02:00 PM, Roland Smith wrote: Personally I don't think TeX is a good fit for the ports tree (because of duplication of effort). I installed TeXLive using its own installer long before it was present in the ports tree. Since TeXLive is very complete and self-contained, I don't have

Re: Migration TeX/LaTeX: from teTeX -- TeXlive

2013-09-15 Thread Polytropon
On Sun, 15 Sep 2013 21:00:22 +0200, Roland Smith wrote: Personally I don't think TeX is a good fit for the ports tree (because of duplication of effort). In conclusion, that could be said about many other software that brings its own package management. Of course, LaTeX is a big and complex

Migration TeX/LaTeX: from teTeX -- TeXlive

2013-09-14 Thread O. Hartmann
ripping them off. Before I start time consuming experiments, I'd like to ask whether there is a smooth way of migration. And for that, please enlighten me how I can extract those ports installed and needed by teTeX (a kind of port-traceback of required ports) and delete them, as far as they do

i386 to amd64 migration

2010-09-03 Thread Elifan
Hello, I have experience in freebsd but never did such system architecture migration. Is it possible to do safely with only SSH access (or IP-KVM)? I'm planning to upgrade system from 7.2 to 7.3 but it's i386.. Regards, Elifan ___ freebsd-questions

Re: i386 to amd64 migration

2010-09-03 Thread claudiu vasadi
AFAIK,basically no x86 - x86 and x64 - x64 Non-basically ... yes but it's a real pain in the @$$ and you will definitely run in all kinds of trouble. ip you have KVM access, just put a x64 DVD inside and do a clean install (it will keep your sanity intact)

7.0/i386 to 8.0/amd64 - gmirror/gstripe migration

2010-05-19 Thread Amaru Netapshaak
Hi! I am planning to move from 7.0-REL-i386 to 8.0-REL-amd64 in the near future. My OS drive is a single ata-133 80gb drive, and my data drives are four 1.5TB SATA drives. 6TB total, configured as 2x 3TB 'gstripe' volumes, and I am using gmirror to mirror those gstripe volumes. I hope

Re: 7.0/i386 to 8.0/amd64 - gmirror/gstripe migration

2010-05-19 Thread Amaru Netapshaak
No one has any idea? :( ++AMARU From: Amaru Netapshaak postfix_am...@yahoo.com To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sent: Wed, May 19, 2010 9:33:14 AM Subject: 7.0/i386 to 8.0/amd64 - gmirror/gstripe migration Hi! I am planning to move from 7.0-REL-i386

Re: 7.0/i386 to 8.0/amd64 - gmirror/gstripe migration

2010-05-19 Thread James Phillips
Hi! I am planning to move from 7.0-REL-i386 to 8.0-REL-amd64 SNIP! Does anyone foresee any serious problems with this plan?  I know doing a whole version upgrade can sometimes introduce bugs when dealing with old setups, so I just want to cover my bases prior to the work. This sounds

Re: 7.0/i386 to 8.0/amd64 - gmirror/gstripe migration

2010-05-19 Thread Matthew Seaman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 20/05/2010 24:03:17, Amaru Netapshaak wrote: I am planning to move from 7.0-REL-i386 to 8.0-REL-amd64 in the near future. My OS drive is a single ata-133 80gb drive, and my data drives are four 1.5TB SATA drives. 6TB total, configured as 2x

Re: Migration planning - old system to new

2010-01-24 Thread John
On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 11:35:20PM -0800, Doug Hardie wrote: On 23 January 2010, at 22:42, John wrote: On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 10:55:14AM +0800, Erich Dollansky wrote: Hi, On 24 January 2010 am 01:08:27 John wrote: doing this on a new machine! And I don't need any migration

Re: Migration planning - old system to new

2010-01-24 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, On 24 January 2010 pm 14:42:11 John wrote: On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 10:55:14AM +0800, Erich Dollansky wrote: how did you handle the strange group IDs? Have not done that yet. My current best plan (which I'm not really crazy about, but haven't come up with anything better) is to do

Re: Migration planning - old system to new

2010-01-24 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, On 24 January 2010 pm 15:35:20 Doug Hardie wrote: On 23 January 2010, at 22:42, John wrote: I just tried it with FreeBSD 7.2 creating a tar file. Digging through the file it shows the ascii names for owner and group - not uid/gid. I un-tar'd it on a Mac and sure enough it used the

Re: Migration planning - old system to new

2010-01-23 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 10:15:19AM +0800, Erich Dollansky wrote: Hi, On 23 January 2010 am 01:12:19 John wrote: Now that I've actually gotten the new system to boot, I need to figure out how I'm going to migrate everything - users, data, MySQL, NAT, firewall, apache, DHCP, gateway

Re: Migration planning - old system to new

2010-01-23 Thread John
- whatever? Maybe I should write a chapter for The Complete FreeBSD after surviving this... Yes. It is a Le Must. Erich Sorry, gang - I should have been more clear! I am DEFINITELY doing this on a new machine! And I don't need any migration storage, because, well, gosh - it's tcp

Re: Migration planning - old system to new

2010-01-23 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, On 24 January 2010 am 00:19:34 Jerry McAllister wrote: On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 10:15:19AM +0800, Erich Dollansky wrote: On 23 January 2010 am 01:12:19 John wrote: 1) Create a migrate account in Wheel with home as /var/migrate so that I can do a dump/restore on home without messing

Re: Migration planning - old system to new

2010-01-23 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, On 24 January 2010 am 01:08:27 John wrote: doing this on a new machine! And I don't need any migration storage, because, well, gosh - it's tcp, people! ;) I just did the first transfer of home, and it went swell: how did you handle the strange group IDs? 10:56AM up 492 days, 13:57

Re: Migration planning - old system to new

2010-01-23 Thread John
On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 10:55:14AM +0800, Erich Dollansky wrote: Hi, On 24 January 2010 am 01:08:27 John wrote: doing this on a new machine! And I don't need any migration storage, because, well, gosh - it's tcp, people! ;) I just did the first transfer of home, and it went swell

Re: Migration planning - old system to new

2010-01-23 Thread Doug Hardie
On 23 January 2010, at 22:42, John wrote: On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 10:55:14AM +0800, Erich Dollansky wrote: Hi, On 24 January 2010 am 01:08:27 John wrote: doing this on a new machine! And I don't need any migration storage, because, well, gosh - it's tcp, people! ;) I just did

Migration planning - old system to new

2010-01-22 Thread John
moving it from a part of the /var filesystem to a filesystem of its own - doing a dump/restore on /var is not a practical migration strategy in any case) 4) Let people move in, try it out, see how things are 5) Fix everything found in #4 6) Try a cut-over and make sure all the network services

Re: Migration planning - old system to new

2010-01-22 Thread Doug Hardie
the dump/retore of home, and a tar/untar of /var/mail (since I'm moving it from a part of the /var filesystem to a filesystem of its own - doing a dump/restore on /var is not a practical migration strategy in any case) 4) Let people move in, try it out, see how things are 5) Fix everything

Re: Migration planning - old system to new

2010-01-22 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, On 23 January 2010 am 01:12:19 John wrote: Now that I've actually gotten the new system to boot, I need to figure out how I'm going to migrate everything - users, data, MySQL, NAT, firewall, apache, DHCP, gateway services BIND, Sendmail, etc., etc from FreeBSD 4.3-RELEASE #0: Thu Jan 22

Hardware migration and upgrade from 6.3 to 8.0 advice

2009-12-04 Thread Achilleas Mantzios
Hello, i am facing this situation, where i need to upgrade from my 6.3 i386 system, used as my main workstation, to a new hardware based on amd64 (phenom II x4). My current system is alive since 2005, so is full of code, scripts,

Re: Hardware migration and upgrade from 6.3 to 8.0 advice

2009-12-04 Thread Frank Wissmann
Achilleas Mantzios schrieb: Hi! Hello, i am facing this situation, where i need to upgrade from my 6.3 i386 system, used as my main workstation, to a new hardware based on amd64 (phenom II x4). Well, you know that i386 is Intel, do you? It

Re: Hardware migration and upgrade from 6.3 to 8.0 advice

2009-12-04 Thread Adam Vande More
On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 2:57 AM, Achilleas Mantzios mantzios.ach...@yahoo.com wrote: Hello, i am facing this situation, where i need to upgrade from my 6.3 i386 system, used as my main workstation, to a new hardware based on amd64 (phenom II x4). My current

Re: Hardware migration and upgrade from 6.3 to 8.0 advice

2009-12-04 Thread Robert Huff
Frank Wissmann writes: i am facing this situation, where i need to upgrade from my 6.3 i386 system, used as my main workstation, to a new hardware based on amd64 (phenom II x4). b) migrate all current data to the new hardware, kernel/system included, and then try to upgrade to

Re: Hardware migration and upgrade from 6.3 to 8.0 advice

2009-12-04 Thread Achilleas Mantzios
fine. Achilleas Mantzios --- On Fri, 12/4/09, Adam Vande More amvandem...@gmail.com wrote: From: Adam Vande More amvandem...@gmail.com Subject: Re: Hardware migration and upgrade from 6.3 to 8.0 advice To: Achilleas Mantzios mantzios.ach...@yahoo.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Friday

Re: Hardware migration and upgrade from 6.3 to 8.0 advice

2009-12-04 Thread RW
On Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:07:41 +0100 Frank Wissmann frank.wissman...@web.de wrote: Achilleas Mantzios schrieb: Hi! Hello, i am facing this situation, where i need to upgrade from my 6.3 i386 system, used as my main workstation, to a new

RE: issues with email migration

2009-11-02 Thread David Patton
10:51 AM To: da...@farmington.k12.mo.us Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: issues with email migration On 10/31/09, da...@farmington.k12.mo.us da...@farmington.k12.mo.us wrote: only one issue with that. The server in question is an emc clereon(sorry not at work to look

Re: issues with email migration

2009-11-02 Thread Tim Judd
Subject: Re: issues with email migration On 10/31/09, da...@farmington.k12.mo.us da...@farmington.k12.mo.us wrote: only one issue with that. The server in question is an emc clereon(sorry not at work to look at the specifics) and at this point the only access I have to it is a web interface

RE: issues with email migration

2009-11-02 Thread David Patton
... -Original Message- From: owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Tim Judd Sent: Monday, November 02, 2009 10:10 AM To: David Patton Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: issues with email migration On 11/2/09, David Patton da

Re: issues with email migration

2009-10-31 Thread david
only one issue with that. The server in question is an emc clereon(sorry not at work to look at the specifics) and at this point the only access I have to it is a web interface and am unable to access a command line. Also a stupid question my plan is to set up another server to access the nfs

Re: issues with email migration

2009-10-31 Thread Tim Judd
On 10/31/09, da...@farmington.k12.mo.us da...@farmington.k12.mo.us wrote: only one issue with that. The server in question is an emc clereon(sorry not at work to look at the specifics) and at this point the only access I have to it is a web interface and am unable to access a command line.

issues with email migration

2009-10-30 Thread David Patton
This morning I moved the contents from the server over to an NFS share. This is a freebsd 6.2 server running postfix, courier-imap and squirrelmail. I used rsync to move the data for /www and /mail over to the nfs share. After I made the changed to fstab and rebooted, every thing came up and

Re: issues with email migration

2009-10-30 Thread usleepless
Hi David, On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 1:59 PM, David Patton da...@farmington.k12.mo.uswrote: This morning I moved the contents from the server over to an NFS share. This is a freebsd 6.2 server running postfix, courier-imap and squirrelmail. I used rsync to move the data for /www and /mail

Re: issues with email migration

2009-10-30 Thread Tim Judd
On 10/30/09, usleepl...@gmail.com usleepl...@gmail.com wrote: Hi David, On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 1:59 PM, David Patton da...@farmington.k12.mo.uswrote: This morning I moved the contents from the server over to an NFS share. This is a freebsd 6.2 server running postfix, courier-imap and

ezjail jail migration

2009-08-23 Thread Zetinja Tresor
Has anyone tried to migrate ezjail jails between 7.2 and 6.4? I've read it works fine 6.4 - 7.2, but what about 7.2 - 6.4. Is there any chance I could get away with this by not being forced to reinstall all the running stuff - proftpd, apache? ___

Re: how to do a live migration of a freebsd box to another box with rsync

2009-07-06 Thread Ruben de Groot
On Sun, Jul 05, 2009 at 06:18:03PM +0200, insrc typed: Hi, I'm used to migrate GNU/Linux system from one box to another by booting the second box with a liveCD (like systemrescueCD for example) and by copying the / filesystem (using the ssh transport) with rsync. I would like to do the same

Re: how to do a live migration of a freebsd box to another box with rsync

2009-07-06 Thread Jeff Laine
Hi, I'm used to migrate GNU/Linux system from one box to another by booting the second box with a liveCD (like systemrescueCD for example) and by copying the / filesystem (using the ssh transport) with rsync. I would like to do the same for BSD system but i have two issues: - as the UFS

Re: how to do a live migration of a freebsd box to another box with rsync

2009-07-06 Thread insrc
/disks-adding.html. @Ruben: Thanks for your help btw for restoring the bootloader :-) - Then just rsynced the / filesystem excluding the /dev directory. - Ajusted /etc/fstab - Voilà ! Seems easier than a migration of GNU/Linux after all :) Thanks again for your help ! Cheers

how to do a live migration of a freebsd box to another box with rsync

2009-07-05 Thread insrc
Hi, I'm used to migrate GNU/Linux system from one box to another by booting the second box with a liveCD (like systemrescueCD for example) and by copying the / filesystem (using the ssh transport) with rsync. I would like to do the same for BSD system but i have two issues: - as the UFS write

Re: how to do a live migration of a freebsd box to another box with rsync

2009-07-05 Thread perryh
insrc informatique@gmail.com wrote: it seems that i've to use a BSD liveCD but i can't find one :-/ www.freesbie.org The site is not responding for me ATM, but the text is cached here: http://74.125.155.132/search?q=cache:WjK0Anp5tb4J:www.freesbie.org/+freesbie+freebsdhl=engl=usstrip=1

Re: how to do a live migration of a freebsd box to another box with rsync

2009-07-05 Thread Bertram Scharpf
Hi, Am Sonntag, 05. Jul 2009, 18:18:03 +0200 schrieb insrc: - as the UFS write support is still experimental in the Linux kernel, it seems that i've to use a BSD liveCD but i can't find one :-/ I heard about frenzy ( http://frenzy.org.ua/en/ ) but the homepage says that the project is no

Migration to 7.1 ?

2009-04-07 Thread Frank Bonnet
Hello I'm planning to migrate our mailhub (IBM X3650) to FreeBSD 7.1 from Debian etch ;-) , of course I'll restart from scratch. I have two questions before doing so. Does 7.1 has reached a stability that it could be used for a high load production server ? Does the LAGG driver works well

Re: Migration to 7.1 ?

2009-04-07 Thread Wojciech Puchar
Does 7.1 has reached a stability that it could be used for a high load production server ? at least for me - it's stable under high loads doing lots of different thing. i mean /amd64 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

Re: Migration to 7.1 ?

2009-04-07 Thread Ivan Voras
Frank Bonnet wrote: Hello I'm planning to migrate our mailhub (IBM X3650) to FreeBSD 7.1 from Debian etch ;-) , of course I'll restart from scratch. I have two questions before doing so. Does 7.1 has reached a stability that it could be used for a high load production server ?

Re: Migration to 7.1 ?

2009-04-07 Thread Ewald Jenisch
Does the LAGG driver works well with broadcomm giga ethernet chips ? ( I plan to use LACP to a Cisco switch ) Try asking at freebsd-net@ Hi, I've been running with the lagg-driver for quite some time now on several blade-systems using broadcom chips in a failover configuration - no

Re: Migration to 7.1 ?

2009-04-07 Thread Frank Bonnet
Ewald Jenisch wrote: Does the LAGG driver works well with broadcomm giga ethernet chips ? ( I plan to use LACP to a Cisco switch ) Try asking at freebsd-net@ Hi, I've been running with the lagg-driver for quite some time now on several blade-systems using broadcom chips in a failover

RAID migration

2008-10-12 Thread Anthony Chavez
Dear freebsd-questions, I have a HighPoint 1820 RAID controller that is using 1 channel for an OS drive and 3 channels for a RAID-5 array. I'm interested in migrating to a new (possibly non-HighPoint) card, and am wondering if I will be able to plug the OS drive into one channel on the new card

Re: RAID migration

2008-10-12 Thread Jeremy Chadwick
On Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 07:10:31PM -0600, Anthony Chavez wrote: Dear freebsd-questions, I have a HighPoint 1820 RAID controller that is using 1 channel for an OS drive and 3 channels for a RAID-5 array. I'm interested in migrating to a new (possibly non-HighPoint) card, and am wondering if

Re: RAID migration

2008-10-12 Thread Anthony Chavez
Jeremy Chadwick wrote: On Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 07:10:31PM -0600, Anthony Chavez wrote: Dear freebsd-questions, I have a HighPoint 1820 RAID controller that is using 1 channel for an OS drive and 3 channels for a RAID-5 array. I'm interested in migrating to a new (possibly non-HighPoint)

Re: RAID migration

2008-10-12 Thread Jeremy Chadwick
On Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 10:27:47PM -0600, Anthony Chavez wrote: Jeremy Chadwick wrote: On Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 07:10:31PM -0600, Anthony Chavez wrote: Dear freebsd-questions, I have a HighPoint 1820 RAID controller that is using 1 channel for an OS drive and 3 channels for a RAID-5

Re: OpenBSD - FreeBSD migration

2008-04-23 Thread Andrew Hamilton-Wright
The results of my investigation so far are below: Filesystem stuff: - it appears that FreeBSD and OpenBSD use the same partition table format. Is this true? If so, I can potentially avoid rebuilding an entire disk if I am right that ... - FreeBSD can mount and read OpenBSD's version

Re: OpenBSD - FreeBSD migration

2008-04-21 Thread Ivan Voras
Andrew Wright wrote: Hi All; I want to migrate a system from OpenBSD 4.2 (ie; the current version) to FreeBSD (7.0). I have poked around on the archives a little to determine how best to do this, and I want to make sure that my understanding (summarized below) is indeed correct. If I am

Re: OpenBSD - FreeBSD migration

2008-04-21 Thread Andrew Wright
Ivan Voras wrote: Andrew Wright wrote: If both of these are true, I can simply install FreeBSD over top of the OpenBSD /, /var and /usr partitions, and then be able to mount the old /home. Is this something people do? If you delete everything from all directories except /home, it

OpenBSD - FreeBSD migration

2008-04-20 Thread Andrew Wright
Hi All; I want to migrate a system from OpenBSD 4.2 (ie; the current version) to FreeBSD (7.0). I have poked around on the archives a little to determine how best to do this, and I want to make sure that my understanding (summarized below) is indeed correct. If I am asking these questions on

Re: OpenBSD - FreeBSD migration

2008-04-20 Thread andrew clarke
On Sun 2008-04-20 15:59:14 UTC-0400, Andrew Wright ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: - it appears that FreeBSD and OpenBSD use the same partition table format. Is this true? If so, I can potentially avoid rebuilding an entire disk if I am right that ... - FreeBSD can mount and read

Re: Password file migration help

2008-01-31 Thread Kemian Dang
Sean Murphy 写道: I have a FreeBSD 5.4 system and would like to migrate users in the password file with UIDs 3000 through 5000 to a FreeBSD 6.3 system on a running on a separate box. Is there a way to export just those users? Thanks ___

Re: Password file migration help

2008-01-31 Thread Mel
On Wednesday 30 January 2008 20:26:20 Vince wrote: Sean Murphy wrote: I have a FreeBSD 5.4 system and would like to migrate users in the password file with UIDs 3000 through 5000 to a FreeBSD 6.3 system on a running on a separate box. Is there a way to export just those users? hmm very

Password file migration help

2008-01-30 Thread Sean Murphy
I have a FreeBSD 5.4 system and would like to migrate users in the password file with UIDs 3000 through 5000 to a FreeBSD 6.3 system on a running on a separate box. Is there a way to export just those users? Thanks ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org

Re: Password file migration help

2008-01-30 Thread Paul A. Procacci
Sean Murphy wrote: I have a FreeBSD 5.4 system and would like to migrate users in the password file with UIDs 3000 through 5000 to a FreeBSD 6.3 system on a running on a separate box. Is there a way to export just those users? Thanks ___

Re: Password file migration help

2008-01-30 Thread Vince
Sean Murphy wrote: I have a FreeBSD 5.4 system and would like to migrate users in the password file with UIDs 3000 through 5000 to a FreeBSD 6.3 system on a running on a separate box. Is there a way to export just those users? hmm very roughly just a for uid in $(jot 2001 3000); do grep

Re: Password file migration help

2008-01-30 Thread Jonathan McKeown
On Wednesday 30 January 2008 21:03, Sean Murphy wrote: I have a FreeBSD 5.4 system and would like to migrate users in the password file with UIDs 3000 through 5000 to a FreeBSD 6.3 system on a running on a separate box. Is there a way to export just those users? I'd probably sort

machine migration from 5.3 to 6.3

2008-01-28 Thread Josh Tremor
Okay, I had a freshly installed 6.3 on a machine (thanks Derek Ragona), and my intention is to use this new installation as a direct replacement of an older 5.3 box. This means using the same host name, IP address, and services. I want to make sure I've crossed all the t's. I installed

Re: machine migration from 5.3 to 6.3

2008-01-28 Thread Derek Ragona
At 03:51 PM 1/28/2008, Josh Tremor wrote: Okay, I had a freshly installed 6.3 on a machine (thanks Derek Ragona), and my intention is to use this new installation as a direct replacement of an older 5.3 box. This means using the same host name, IP address, and services. I want to make sure

RE: 5.2.1 to 6.2 Migration.

2007-11-04 Thread Chris Haulmark
Kevin Kinsey [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Lowell Gilbert wrote: Chris Haulmark [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Grant Peel wrote: I thought I would ask the question before I do it the hard way 1. Can FreeBSD be upgraded from 5.2.1 to 6.2 ? Yes. 2. Can it be done through an

Re: 5.2.1 to 6.2 Migration.

2007-11-04 Thread Beech Rintoul
On Saturday 03 November 2007, Chris Haulmark said: Kevin Kinsey [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Lowell Gilbert wrote: Chris Haulmark [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Grant Peel wrote: I thought I would ask the question before I do it the hard way 1. Can FreeBSD be upgraded from

RE: 5.2.1 to 6.2 Migration.

2007-11-04 Thread Chris Haulmark
But the phrase reinstall most of the system doesn't, at the very least, *sound* like the BSD Way(tm). Granted, sometimes it's quicker --- I know that's why it's used so often on that Other System ;-) If you have reinstalled a userland that depends on a kernel that

Re: 5.2.1 to 6.2 Migration.

2007-11-04 Thread Olivier Nicole
I prefer to do [build|install]world prior to building the kernel with the new installed tools. Even with an outsynced system, the most common tools to be affected are ps and top. Even when a kernel fails to boot all the way through, you can still rebuild a new kernel after booting with

5.2.1 to 6.2 Migration.

2007-11-03 Thread Grant Peel
Hi all, I thought I would ask the question before I do it the hard way 1. Can FreeBSD be upgraded from 5.2.1 to 6.2 ? if so ... 2. Can it be done through an ssh connection, or MUST I make the trip to the farm and do it from the console? -Grant

Re: 5.2.1 to 6.2 Migration.

2007-11-03 Thread Derek Ragona
At 11:56 AM 11/3/2007, Grant Peel wrote: Hi all, I thought I would ask the question before I do it the hard way 1. Can FreeBSD be upgraded from 5.2.1 to 6.2 ? if so ... 2. Can it be done through an ssh connection, or MUST I make the trip to the farm and do it from the console? -Grant

RE: 5.2.1 to 6.2 Migration.

2007-11-03 Thread Chris Haulmark
Hi all, I thought I would ask the question before I do it the hard way 1. Can FreeBSD be upgraded from 5.2.1 to 6.2 ? Yes. if so ... 2. Can it be done through an ssh connection, or MUST I make the trip to the farm and do it from the console? I've done 5.x to 6.x upgrades

Re: 5.2.1 to 6.2 Migration.

2007-11-03 Thread Lowell Gilbert
Chris Haulmark [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Grant Peel wrote: Hi all, I thought I would ask the question before I do it the hard way 1. Can FreeBSD be upgraded from 5.2.1 to 6.2 ? Yes. if so ... 2. Can it be done through an ssh connection, or MUST I make the trip to the farm

Re: 5.2.1 to 6.2 Migration.

2007-11-03 Thread Kevin Kinsey
Lowell Gilbert wrote: Chris Haulmark [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Grant Peel wrote: I thought I would ask the question before I do it the hard way 1. Can FreeBSD be upgraded from 5.2.1 to 6.2 ? Yes. 2. Can it be done through an ssh connection, or MUST I make the trip to the farm

Re: 5.2.1 to 6.2 Migration.

2007-11-03 Thread Lowell Gilbert
Kevin Kinsey [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Lowell Gilbert wrote: Chris Haulmark [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Grant Peel wrote: I thought I would ask the question before I do it the hard way 1. Can FreeBSD be upgraded from 5.2.1 to 6.2 ? Yes. 2. Can it be done through an ssh connection,

Scripts for UNIX/SAMBA to LDAP user migration?

2007-08-29 Thread O. Hartmann
Hello, I'm looking for some utilities for the migration and maintenance of UNIX/SAMBA users to OpenLDAP. I would like to have some tools/scripts creating well defined LDIF files for importation into LDAP. Any tips or hints? Thank you very much in advance, Oliver

Re: Scripts for UNIX/SAMBA to LDAP user migration?

2007-08-29 Thread Mak Kolybabi
On 2007-08-29 12:10, O. Hartmann wrote: I'm looking for some utilities for the migration and maintenance of UNIX/SAMBA users to OpenLDAP. I would like to have some tools/scripts creating well defined LDIF files for importation into LDAP. AFAIK, these are the usual scipts used for that: http

Re: Migration from 5.5 to 6.2 without single user access

2007-07-04 Thread Jonathan Horne
On Tuesday 03 July 2007 21:10:22 Olivier Nicole wrote: Hi, I am upgrading a remote server (very remote, 10,000 km) and I have no way to access the machine in single user mode. Is there a recommended way to do the upgrade from 5.5 to 6.2? Do everything in multi-user, but kill all services

Re: Migration from 5.5 to 6.2 without single user access

2007-07-04 Thread Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri
On 7/4/07, Jonathan Horne [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tuesday 03 July 2007 21:10:22 Olivier Nicole wrote: Hi, I am upgrading a remote server (very remote, 10,000 km) and I have no way to access the machine in single user mode. Is there a recommended way to do the upgrade from 5.5 to 6.2?

Re: Migration from 5.5 to 6.2 without single user access

2007-07-04 Thread Nikola Lecic
On Wed, 4 Jul 2007 22:44:34 +0300 Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 7/4/07, Jonathan Horne [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tuesday 03 July 2007 21:10:22 Olivier Nicole wrote: Hi, I am upgrading a remote server (very remote, 10,000 km) and I have no way to access

Migration from 5.5 to 6.2 without single user access

2007-07-03 Thread Olivier Nicole
Hi, I am upgrading a remote server (very remote, 10,000 km) and I have no way to access the machine in single user mode. Is there a recommended way to do the upgrade from 5.5 to 6.2? Do everything in multi-user, but kill all services but sshd? Thanks, Olivier

Re: password file migration

2007-06-15 Thread Garrett Cooper
Ofloo wrote: I did the same thing a long time ago and i just created used pwd_mkdb, and it worked fine. Though i'm not entirely sure what this has to do with this topic. Mark Messier wrote: I know this has been covered before, but the search mechanism at the mailing list archive doesn't

Re: password file migration

2007-06-15 Thread Ofloo
I did the same thing a long time ago and i just created used pwd_mkdb, and it worked fine. Though i'm not entirely sure what this has to do with this topic. Mark Messier wrote: I know this has been covered before, but the search mechanism at the mailing list archive doesn't seem to work

password file migration

2007-06-14 Thread Mark Messier
I know this has been covered before, but the search mechanism at the mailing list archive doesn't seem to work (zero matches for the word: password). I've got a 5.3 system and a 6.2 system. I want to migrate the user accounts from the 5.3 to the 6.2. They use different encryption mechanisms

Re: password file migration

2007-06-14 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Thu, Jun 14, 2007 at 02:57:41PM -0700, Mark Messier wrote: I know this has been covered before, but the search mechanism at the mailing list archive doesn't seem to work (zero matches for the word: password). I've got a 5.3 system and a 6.2 system. I want to migrate the user accounts

Master Password File Migration.

2007-02-17 Thread Grant Peel
Hi all, I cant seem to find a straight answer. Will $1$ passwords created (and currently used) in freeBSD 4.7 and 4.10 work when directly copied to 6.2? (i.e. will the unix users be able to login using thier regualr password, or will I have to reset them all?). -Grant

Re: Master Password File Migration.

2007-02-17 Thread Erik Trulsson
On Sat, Feb 17, 2007 at 04:46:19AM -0500, Grant Peel wrote: Hi all, I cant seem to find a straight answer. Will $1$ passwords created (and currently used) in freeBSD 4.7 and 4.10 work when directly copied to 6.2? (i.e. will the unix users be able to login using thier regualr password, or

Re: Master Password File Migration.

2007-02-17 Thread Grant Peel
? or will I need to redo all the keys, csrs and order new certs? -Grant - Original Message - From: Erik Trulsson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Grant Peel [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2007 5:09 AM Subject: Re: Master Password File Migration. On Sat

Re: Master Password File Migration.

2007-02-17 Thread Oliver Koch
Hi, Grant Peel schrieb: Here is the next big stumbling block. On the older servers, (4.7 and 4.10) we user apache with mod_ssl and run a seperate daemon for the ssl (443) connections. When we upgrade, will the certs and keys (created with 4.7 and 4.10) work using FreeBSD 6.2 and Apache

Migration

2007-02-13 Thread Grant Peel
Hi all, I have been perstering this list quite a bit lately asking all kinds of questions about how I am going to upgrade some old versions of FreeBSD (and add 1 brand new box), without having to reinstall each port/program an all servers causing all kinds of downtime. I may have answered my

Re: Linux migration

2006-04-02 Thread Kevin Kinsey
Norberto Meijome wrote: On Thu, 23 Mar 2006 14:47:54 + Wayne [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Also another thing that I was thinking about since my original mail, things like chkconfig and commands like say 'service network restart'. Does such a thing like a redhat layer type project exist so

Re: Linux migration

2006-04-02 Thread Norberto Meijome
On Sun, 02 Apr 2006 12:40:21 -0500 Kevin Kinsey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nonetheless, it might be a good idea to hack together some kind of reminder script for some of the RH commands; note, as a somewhat related example, how many FTPD's accept both ls and dir You could (and I have,

Re: Linux migration

2006-03-26 Thread Norberto Meijome
On Thu, 23 Mar 2006 14:47:54 + Wayne [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Also another thing that I was thinking about since my original mail, things like chkconfig and commands like say 'service network restart'. Does such a thing like a redhat layer type project exist so that emgineers who must

Linux migration

2006-03-23 Thread Wayne
services. Does anybody have any links to some good resources on migration from Linux to FreeBSD, I know google is my friend but I was hoping that some folks on here might have an idea of 'best of' that I can use for presenting the case... Thanks, Wayne

Re: Linux migration

2006-03-23 Thread Daniel A.
of migrating from RHEL to FreeBSD for our web services. Does anybody have any links to some good resources on migration from Linux to FreeBSD, I know google is my friend but I was hoping that some folks on here might have an idea of 'best of' that I can use for presenting the case... Thanks

Re: Linux migration

2006-03-23 Thread ovidiu
at the possibility of migrating from RHEL to FreeBSD for our web services. Does anybody have any links to some good resources on migration from Linux to FreeBSD, I know google is my friend but I was hoping that some folks on here might have an idea of 'best of' that I can use for presenting the case

Re: Linux migration

2006-03-23 Thread Wayne
any links to some good resources on migration from Linux to FreeBSD, I know google is my friend but I was hoping that some folks on here might have an idea of 'best of' that I can use for presenting the case... Thanks, Wayne ___ freebsd

Re: Linux migration

2006-03-23 Thread Jerry McAllister
. Does anybody have any links to some good resources on migration from Linux to FreeBSD, I know google is my friend but I was hoping that some folks on here might have an idea of 'best of' that I can use for presenting the case... Thanks, Wayne

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