Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2001 03:39:26 +0100 (CET) From: Janko van Roosmalen <acs.van.roosmalen@hccnet.nl> To: Mike Doyle <relyod@co-operation-ireland.ie> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upgrade 3.2 -> 4.x easy? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10101130335190.951-100000@parmenides.utp.xnet> In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.20010110172511.00812640@199.107.2.1>
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On Wed, 10 Jan 2001, Mike Doyle wrote: > I have a server running FreeBSD 3.2 > I would like to upgrade to 4.1 or 4.2 (I have the CD set for > 4.1 at hand) > > Will using the /stand/sysinstall upgrade be fairly > painless or should I plan to nuke the whole thing and start again? > > The shorter the "downtime" required the better. > > Any advice on such an upgrade would be much appreciated. Last time I > migrated (2.2.5 -> 3.2) it was at the same time as I installed new > server hardware so I simply installed the new OS in the new PC and re-created > the user accounts. > > The server is primarily an intranet web/email server. :-) > If it is a production server I would put in a second hard disk in the machine, install 4.1 on it and move things over. If it does not work out you still can go back to the old system. ===Janko van Roosmalen - Vught - Netherlands=== To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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