freebsd7 on older machines

[DAve]

Wojciech Puchar wrote:
>>> no. it will work
>>
>> You can use rdump this way, I have done it many many times to "clone" 
>> a server from one piece of hardware to another.
> but don't forget to bsdlabel -B then
> 
> 
>>
>> Boot with a live filesystem CD on the target machine
>> Mount your partitions under /mnt/ufs.1, /mnt/ufs.2, /mnt/ufs.3 (etc)
The trick is the live CD. You setup the drives/partitions first. You 
mount them ready to go on the target machine before you rdump.

DAve

>> Then rdump from the source machine
>> Edit your conf files
>> Reboot
>>
>> Easy as pie ;^)
>>
>> DAve
>>
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In 50 years, our descendants will look back on the early years
of the internet, and much like we now look back on men with
rockets on their back and feathers glued to their arms, marvel
that we had the intelligence to wipe the drool from our chins.