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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!swidir.switch.ch!scsing.switch.ch!news.belwue.de!fu-berlin.de!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!dorite!nowhere.uucp!partek From: partek@indecent.com (David Anderson) Subject: Going from Linux to FreeBSD Message-ID: <DE1BG0.9Eu@iquest.net> Sender: news@iquest.net (News Admin) Organization: IPI Computer Services X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Date: Mon, 28 Aug 1995 18:59:59 GMT Lines: 20 After hearing all sorts of stuff about FreeBSD I've decided to give it a try. I've only got a few obstacles to this though. 1- Will I be able to use any of my Linux executables or do I have to port and recompile everything that I've customized? 2- I am acting as a small internet provider for about 45 people. Does FreeBSD support the EXT2 filesystem or do I need to tar up their home directories? (They're on a seperate partition) 3- Does FreeBSD have any ways of doing "distaster recovery"? Like I commonly, while playing with the kernel or a critical bootup file, leave Linux unbootable, and have to use my install disks to fix things. Thanks for the help. E-Mail replies are preferred since I rarely read newsgroups. Later, Dave