From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 2 15:45:29 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 42B6716A403 for ; Mon, 2 Apr 2007 15:45:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rottweilertje@rottnic.nl) Received: from rottnic.nl (rottnic.demon.nl [83.160.164.231]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BCB4A13C45B for ; Mon, 2 Apr 2007 15:45:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rottweilertje@rottnic.nl) Received: from localhost (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by rottnic.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1C6723F477; Mon, 2 Apr 2007 17:45:27 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at rottnic.nl Received: from rottnic.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (rottnic.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id knHsrDqXHNdY; Mon, 2 Apr 2007 17:45:21 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [10.0.1.8] (rottbook.rottnet.rottnic.nl [10.0.1.8]) by rottnic.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 59B8A3F453; Mon, 2 Apr 2007 17:45:21 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: <3A85D7EF44E1C744BF6434691F5659E9702B16@www.fcimail.org> References: <3A85D7EF44E1C744BF6434691F5659E9702B16@www.fcimail.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <8625A948-4000-4CE4-A708-102523A421B9@rottnic.nl> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Guido Demmenie Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2007 17:45:20 +0200 To: Jean-Paul Natola X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) Cc: FreeBSD Users Questions Subject: Re: UPGRADing from 5.4- Sysinstall or makeworld X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 02 Apr 2007 15:45:29 -0000 On Apr 2, 2007, at 5:20 PM, Jean-Paul Natola wrote: > I do not have /usr/src/UPDATING > > > > I have > > > > # locate UPDATING > > /usr/local/share/doc/exim/README.UPDATING > > /usr/ports/UPDATING > > /usr/ports/mail/dspam/files/UPDATING > > /usr/ports/mail/dspam-devel/files/UPDATING After you did a cvsup with "src-all" in the supfile there should be a /usr/src/UPDATING file. Read it before updating, it can help you not getting in trouble. I just did an upgrade although that was from 6.0 to 6.2 so not perfectly comparable. But it workedout fi. e, I used the nex thowto: http://mikestammer.com/dokuwiki/bsd:updateos The howto is only fine, although I had some issues with understanding mergemaster. Mergemaster askes you whether to use the new file, the old file or to merge them. When merging them it gives a left and a right file and the diffs of it. You just have to select which one of them you want to keep. Well, good luck and make sure you have a working level 0 dump at hand to restore in case everything goes wrong. -- Guido www.rottnic.nl 0 > > ________________________________ > > From: Derek Ragona [mailto:derek@computinginnovations.com] > Sent: Monday, April 02, 2007 11:02 AM > To: Jean-Paul Natola; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: UPGRADing from 5.4- Sysinstall or makeworld > > > > The difference is a binary upgrade using sysinstall booting a later > version > CD or using cvsup and a source install. Both should work fine for > your > setup. If you want to go to 6.X you should go to 5.5 first. > > Read /usr/src/UPDATING in all cases. > > -Derek > > > At 09:44 AM 4/2/2007, Jean-Paul Natola wrote: > > > > Hi everyone, > > I'm think I really need to upgrade from 5.4 as I'm having a slew > of issues > with my programs- specifically exim-sa-clamav- > > My concern is that this was the only BSD install I had ever done with > assistance from a colleague from across the border- So all I have > been doing > for the past year is cvsup-ing and portupgrading- however as mentioned > earlier I'm running into issues that are consuming too much time > for me to > resolve as I am a one man IT department here. > > The first thing I'd like to know is if my box can indeed handle the > upgrade > to 6.2 - > > I have the following hardware- > > PIII 500mhz > 256 ram > 8 gig hard-drive > > The ONLY thing I use this box for is to filter mail that then gets > passed to > my exchange server- > > Are there any gotcha's I need to lookout for before attempting this > upgrade, > since this filters my e-mail if I screw up- I will have no incoming > mail- > lest I choose to redirect my SMTP directly to my mail server- NOT A > GOOD > IDEA. > > So I see there are two methods of upgrading - sysinstall or > makeworld- what > would be the optimal choice for someone with limited experience in > the BSD > world- > > Thanks >