FreeBSD 4.x EoL

[Kris Kennaway]

On Thu, Oct 26, 2006 at 11:38:06PM -0500, Jim C. Nasby wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 20, 2006 at 12:02:59AM +0200, Torfinn Ingolfsen wrote:
> > On Thu, 19 Oct 2006 12:09:50 -0500
> > "Jim C. Nasby" <decibel at decibel.org> wrote:
> > 
> > > The issue I run into is that I use software raid (vinum in 4.11,
> > > gmirror in 6.x), and I don't know of any way to go from one to the
> > > other that doesn't involve wiping both drives at the same time.
> > 
> > So, what is your backup plan? As in "backup and restore"?
> 
> Given how long it takes to restore 250G I'd rather not make that the
> migration plan. Not to mention the time to do a fresh install, which is
> what you seem to by implying.

No, he's saying "make you sure have a backup plan in case the upgrade
turns all your 0's into 1's".  Part of a sensible backup plan does
include verifying your backup, though.

Kris

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