Date: Thu, 08 Nov 2007 20:46:01 +0100 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org> To: Mario Lobo <mario.lobo@ipad.com.br> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: About Freebsd 7.0 versus 6.3 Message-ID: <47336779.2090303@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <200711081448.48390.mario.lobo@ipad.com.br> References: <200711081455.39635.cesar@expresso.com.br> <bef9a7920711080928t76efabaaw4af6c85be7fb03a@mail.gmail.com> <200711081448.48390.mario.lobo@ipad.com.br>
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Mario Lobo wrote: > On Thursday 08 November 2007, Aryeh Friedman wrote: >> On Nov 8, 2007 11:55 AM, Expresso Digital ISP <cesar@expresso.com.br> wrote: >>> Hi, my name is Cesar. >>> >>> I'd like to know what is the diference between 7.0 and 6.3 and why create >>> a newest version and after old version. >> 6.X is the last of versions meant primarilly for single processing >> machines (with some after thought payed to multiprocessing). >> >> 7.X is the beginning of the versions specifically designed with >> multiprocessing/cores in mind >> >> Under the hood many things have been changed improved in 7.... the >> offical recommendation is 6.3 is for people who can *NOT* upgrade to 7 >> for whatever reason and everyone else should use 7... note as far most >> people can tell there is no "easy" way to upgrade to 7 if you have 6 >> installed so you should start with 7 >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >> "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > Concerning this, I've "cvsuping" to 6-CURRENT on a dual-core desktop. The > system is running well, but I'd really like to move up to 7. Can it be done > through cvsup from 6.2-STABLE to 7-CURRENT or is it "wiser" to install from > scratch? any upgrade gotchas/procedure ? I searched the web and the only > reference I found was: > > http://people.freebsd.org/~rse/upgrade/freebsd-upgrade-6x-7x.txt > > which states: > > "ATTENTION: THIS UPGRADE PROCEDURE MIGHT NOT WORK FOR YOU AS YOUR > ENVIRONMENT IS DIFFERENT. ALSO, THIS UPGRADE PROCEDURES MIGHT DESTROY > YOUR SYSTEM AND YOU POTENTIALLY MIGHT LOOSE DATA. NO WARRANTY AT ALL. > USE IT AT YOUR OWN RISK!" > > The procedure is far from a regular source upgrade (like the one noted in > UPDATING from 5x -> 6x), hence, my doubts. > > Also, concerning this statement > >> 7.X is the beginning of the versions specifically designed with >> multiprocessing/cores in mind > > Does this mean that 6.x will perform better on single cpu systems? Happily, no. Kris
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