0.72.5422 -> 8.0.4 upgrade question on settings/config file transfer

[marklyn]

My HD runing 0.72.5422 died so I'm thinking about going ahead and installing 8.0.4 on a new drive.
I have the config file saved from 0.72... so is there any way to import/use this config file so I don't have to set up everything from scratch?
Is there a procedure or steps listed anywhere on how to do this?
One last question, is 8.0.4 better enough for me to upgrade or should I just rebuild with the 0.72 version?

Thanks

 

[ProtoSD]

You need to give us more info on your current hardware and if you're using UFS or ZFS.

There is no way to import or upgrade settings (yet).

 

[marklyn]

I'm using a Dell P4 with 1.25G RAM. I have 2 SATA 1Tb drives in the box as data drives (single drives, CIFS shares for both). File system is UFS. The operating system drive was/is a 40Gb PATA drive, which I'm replacing with a 80 Gb PATA and would like to install 8.0.4 on that.
So am I able to look at my config file and determine from it what my settings, etc., were?
Thanks

 

[ProtoSD]

FreeNAS 8 is intended to be installed and run from a USB flash drive, it is much different than .7x.

Considering your hardware, you might be better to look at the nas4free project which is a continuation of FreeNAS 7. With your current hardware I think you will probably experience too many problems. FreeNAS 8 is better suited to newer hardware.

http://www.nas4free.org/