Dear FreeBSD gurus!
Is it possible to save all those files in /var/db/{freebsd-update,pkg,portsnap} and /var/cache/pkg from a current installation (FreeBSD-12.1-RELEASE-p5) to a fresh installation of 12.1 (downloaded, with the official memstick.img, not selfmade from within /usr/src nor
I'm dialing in via WWAN module in my laptop, thus the data volume is limited. I do not want to download again what I already have.
I know with the pkg's it should be possible, but how about freebsd-update(8) and portsnap(8) files?
I want to repartition my disk (+ a "Rapid Start" partition) so I think I have to re-install, right? The current disk layout is "full" and does not allow for moving partitions:
Or does ZFS allow for shrinking it's size? It's utilization is 40%.
Thx in advance for any hint.
Is it possible to save all those files in /var/db/{freebsd-update,pkg,portsnap} and /var/cache/pkg from a current installation (FreeBSD-12.1-RELEASE-p5) to a fresh installation of 12.1 (downloaded, with the official memstick.img, not selfmade from within /usr/src nor
freebsd-update -r x.y upgrade
), in order to save bandwidth and time to download all that stuff again?I'm dialing in via WWAN module in my laptop, thus the data volume is limited. I do not want to download again what I already have.
I know with the pkg's it should be possible, but how about freebsd-update(8) and portsnap(8) files?
I want to repartition my disk (+ a "Rapid Start" partition) so I think I have to re-install, right? The current disk layout is "full" and does not allow for moving partitions:
Code:
=> 40 500118112 ada0 GPT (238G)
40 409600 1 efi (200M)
409640 1024 2 freebsd-boot (512K)
410664 984 - free - (492K)
411648 16777216 3 freebsd-swap (8.0G)
17188864 482928640 4 freebsd-zfs (230G)
500117504 648 - free - (324K)
Thx in advance for any hint.
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