Mark Humphreys wrote:
Hi Dan,
Generally speaking, new systems should have new installations done on them
to deploy a customized driver set specific to the target system. However,
if you're looking at using the same 'rpool' on new hardware, I will trust
that you have sorted-through potential hardware / driver issues. If so, you
could also try the simple process of mirroring the existing disk, to the new
disk, in the old machine. Then just install the new disk in the new
machine.
The only limitations to this process are:
- As mentioned, the hardware has to be very similar to the original system,
so that device names aren't changed, and video works, etc.
- The new disk has to be the same size as, or larger than, the original.
- There is some debate as to whole disk installations, versus
partition-based installations.
Ah, thanks. I was re-reading my original post and realized I missed
something. The new install is going to be virtualized under ESXi, so
the root mirror approach won't work. I think I am best off playing it
safe and doing a new install, then migrating over my various changes.
There supposedly is a vmware converter tool that will help you do
physical => virtual migrations; that might be worth looking at. Thanks!
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