On Tue, 9 Mar 2004 07:32:44 +0200 "Eric Yellin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have a RedHat 7.3 machine that I had to bring down do to security > problems. I have it off production to re-install and am considering > to migrate to FreeBSD. > Now here's my problem. I have a RAID 5 setup with RedHat partitions > + 1 partition I called "web" that is currently holding all the data. > It is ext3 fs. I can delete all existing partitions except for "web" > and repartition the disk for FreeBSD, however the ext3 will remain > and I fear problems or loss of data. Most critical data is backed > up, however I don't want to erase the partition unless I have no > choice. It's a 100GB partition and since my server is down it is not > connected to a backup system. So, can I keep this ext3 partition > when using FreeBSD? Is it a bad idea to do this? Also are there > other considerations I need to take into account when migrating? I > understand of course that FreeBSD is not Linux and that I will have > to setup all services and apps accordingly. You can read ext3, but not write to it in FreeBSD. _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
