On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 09:33:51AM +0100, Roland Smith typed: > On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 11:08:05PM -0500, Jeff Mitchell wrote: > > > o Some of the executables on this box are without source but I > > still need them to run; short of moving them to a VM and doing some > > voodoo, what are the chances a binary built for fbsd 5.x works fine in > > 8.x? (earlier fbsd's had the break between gcc versions, but I'm rather > > The GENERIC kernel in 8.0 comes with the COMPAT_FREEBSD5 option by default, so > the only thing you need to do is to install the misc/compat5x port.
That is, if the executables weren't dependent on compat[2-4] options in the kernel on the old server ;) > > 3 - yank the drive, slap a giant new fat drive in there, do a full > > fbsd 8.0 install, and then migration from old drive as needed > > Definitely #3. Yes, you could even try coying the entire old disk to a subdirectory and running that as a jail. Should bring you up quickly, giving you more time to migrate all applications proper. Ruben _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
