From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Oct 16 20:56:27 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C98C516A4CE for ; Sat, 16 Oct 2004 20:56:27 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp16.wxs.nl (smtp16.wxs.nl [195.121.6.39]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D9BCC43D48 for ; Sat, 16 Oct 2004 20:56:26 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd@akruijff.dds.nl) Received: from kruij557.speed.planet.nl (ipd50a97ba.speed.planet.nl [213.10.151.186]) by smtp16.wxs.nl (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.25 (built Mar 3 2004)) with ESMTP id <0I5O008VPUXP0Z@smtp16.wxs.nl> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sat, 16 Oct 2004 19:51:25 +0200 (CEST) Received: from alex.lan (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by kruij557.speed.planet.nl (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i9GHpPcU002566; Sat, 16 Oct 2004 19:51:25 +0200 Received: (from akruijff@localhost) by alex.lan (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id i9GHpO2r002565; Sat, 16 Oct 2004 19:51:24 +0200 Content-return: prohibited Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2004 19:51:24 +0200 From: Alex de Kruijff In-reply-to: <693F51B4-1F7F-11D9-9B1A-000D9333E43C@secure-computing.net> To: Eric Crist Message-id: <20041016175124.GA807@alex.lan> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i References: <693F51B4-1F7F-11D9-9B1A-000D9333E43C@secure-computing.net> X-Authentication-warning: alex.lan: akruijff set sender to freebsd@akruijff.dds.nl using -f cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: Upgrade from 4.10-p3 to 5.3-BETA7 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2004 20:56:27 -0000 On Sat, Oct 16, 2004 at 09:26:47AM -0500, Eric Crist wrote: > Hello list, > > I've tried in the past to complete an upgrade from 4.x to 5.x with > little luck. Most people I've talked to indicate the only way to > accomplish this is to do a complete reinstall. I was wondering if > anyone now has been able to do this. I have one system that does all > my server operations, and I can't afford to take it completely offline > for a rebuild. > > Any documents or information you might have would be helpful. You may want to wait until the release of 5.3 if its a production server. Afther this time you can do a normal cvsup & buildworld procedure. Make sure you follow this to the letter!!! You can find information about all this in the handbook. www.freebsd.org/handbook Reinstalling FreeBSD 5 is saver and you'll end up with more features. There is a option to do a background fsck check that you migth miss because of this. -- Alex Please copy the original recipients, otherwise I may not read your reply. WWW: http://www.kruijff.org/alex/FreeBSD/