Re: duplicate a drive

On Sat, 25 Oct 2008 08:07:34 +0100
Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

RW wrote:
On Fri, 24 Oct 2008 12:19:23 -0600 (MDT)
Warren Block <wblock@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/disks.html#NEW-HUGE-DISK


"The best way is to reinstall the OS on the new disk, then move the
user data over. This is highly recommended if you have been
tracking -STABLE for more than one release, or have updated a
release instead of installing a new one."


"Highly recommended" seems a very strange thing for the FAQ to be
saying. It's implying that FreeBSD base-system upgrades are a
bit flaky. It even goes on "Should you decide not to do a fresh
install", as if to say "you have been warned".

Unless my experience is abnormal, we seem to be publishing our own
FUD.

When does a valid assessment of the difficulty of a certain course of
action turn into an unjustified attempt to spread Fear, Uncertainty
and Doubt? This is not FUD because it is absolutely true. You will
get better results by making a new install on your new hard drive and
merging over your data. ... install 7.x into a disk layout originally
designed for 4.x you ... change from UFS1 to UFS2 ... across major
version numbers

I don't think anyone would dispute that a new disk is a good
opportunity to avoid a major release upgrade, or to fix problems on a
very old installation. What it says is: "highly recommended if you ...
have updated a release".

If you have a system that's been across a few minor releases
and is working well, I would think the risks of screwing it up on a
reinstall greatly outweigh any benefits - particularly if it involves
reinstalling a lot of ports.






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