Re: Copying system/ports configuration?

2008-12-19 Thread Doug Barton
Bernard Dugas wrote: On Tue, 16 Dec 2008 09:26:05 -0800 (PST), Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum bg271828 at yahoo.com wrote: I dont quickly see a free tool to do this. Maybe its easier to do this from scratch I just found last week ports-mngnt/portmaster that can help you to do that, and i have

Re: Copying system/ports configuration?

2008-12-17 Thread Mel
On Tuesday 16 December 2008 16:16:27 Andrew Gould wrote: On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 9:03 AM, Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum bg271...@yahoo.comwrote: I have a FreeBSD 7.0 system that im using in production. I want to create a FreeBSD virtual machine, to use as a testbed for this production box. The

Re: Copying system/ports configuration?

2008-12-17 Thread Peter Schuller
The last time i did this it took a lot of time to get the VM set up--installing all the right ports, getting the database configuration right, etc. Are there any shortcuts for this, e.g. a way i can automatically install the same ports on the new machine? I didnt see anything in the

Re: Copying system/ports configuration?

2008-12-17 Thread Andrew Gould
On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 2:00 AM, Mel fbsd.questi...@rachie.is-a-geek.netwrote: On Tuesday 16 December 2008 16:16:27 Andrew Gould wrote: On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 9:03 AM, Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum bg271...@yahoo.comwrote: I have a FreeBSD 7.0 system that im using in production. I want to

Re: Copying system/ports configuration?

2008-12-16 Thread Andrew Gould
On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 9:03 AM, Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum bg271...@yahoo.comwrote: I have a FreeBSD 7.0 system that im using in production. I want to create a FreeBSD virtual machine, to use as a testbed for this production box. The last time i did this it took a lot of time to get the VM set

Re: Copying system/ports configuration?

2008-12-16 Thread Greg Larkin
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum wrote: I have a FreeBSD 7.0 system that im using in production. I want to create a FreeBSD virtual machine, to use as a testbed for this production box. The last time i did this it took a lot of time to get the VM set

Re: Copying system/ports configuration?

2008-12-16 Thread Wojciech Puchar
Are there any shortcuts for this, e.g. a way i can automatically install the same ports on the new machine? I didnt see anything in the handbook or FAQ about this, but id think that people need to do this all the time. Any other advice for mirroring the system? simply copy everything

Copying system/ports configuration?

2008-12-16 Thread Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum
I have a FreeBSD 7.0 system that im using in production. I want to create a FreeBSD virtual machine, to use as a testbed for this production box. The last time i did this it took a lot of time to get the VM set up--installing all the right ports, getting the database configuration right, etc.

Re: Copying system/ports configuration?

2008-12-16 Thread Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum
--- On Tue, 12/16/08, Greg Larkin glar...@freebsd.org wrote: From: Greg Larkin glar...@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Copying system/ports configuration? To: bg271...@yahoo.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Tuesday, December 16, 2008, 8:41 AM -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash

Re: Copying system/ports configuration?

2008-12-16 Thread Polytropon
On Tue, 16 Dec 2008 09:26:05 -0800 (PST), Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum bg271...@yahoo.com wrote: I dont quickly see a free tool to do this. Maybe its easier to do this from scratch The handbook mentions a common method to transfer installed systems partition-wise using dump and restore. Maybe

Copying system/ports configuration?

2008-12-16 Thread Bernard Dugas
On Tue, 16 Dec 2008 09:26:05 -0800 (PST), Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum bg271828 at yahoo.com wrote: I dont quickly see a free tool to do this. Maybe its easier to do this from scratch I just found last week ports-mngnt/portmaster that can help you to do that, and i have suggested portmaster