question to migrate from linux to bsd

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emamarro

Hallo,I'm testing freebsd since few days and ask myself if is there a way to install on a linuxbox with (/,/swap,/home) not deleting my data in /home
I'm using archlinux at the moment

Hower,it is not clear to me comparing /home in linux and /home in bsd
I see that bsd autoslicing allocate the most size to /usr so I believe this is the partition where personal data will be store?

What happen if I have to reinstall and keep my /home in bsd?

I overread the wiki but not much clear to me..
Thank you
Ema
 
you may be able to share swap.

you won't be able to share / because it is a different OS and the hier is different as well as file system and programs (bsd core is different than gnu core)

I would suggest backing up /home before attempting to explore bsd with different linux type of file systems.
 
@emamarro

FreeBSD needs just ONE primary partition, everything can be setup there without touching other partirions.
 
I highly suggest not using a shared /home though because you'll run into issues if you use the same application between FreeBSD and Linux, they happen to read/write to the same files and don't have a common language; for example, the XFCE4 version isn't equivalent between FreeBSD and Linux distributions (if it was I would be surprised as `our' coordination :)..), so you'll run into an issue with settings, paths, etc.
 
Thanks for replies,basically what I would like to do is back-up my /home reisefers on a usb disk and copy it on a new pc with a dedicate hd to freebsd as only OS.
I am wondering if this can work being different filesystem..
ciao
em
 
Yes, you can to a large extent (you'll have better luck with ext2/ext3), but just beware of shared configuration / metadata files between FreeBSD and your Linux distro.
 
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