From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 27 01:10:01 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 2A11916A4CE for ; Sat, 27 Nov 2004 01:10:01 +0000 (GMT) Received: from internet.potentialtech.com (h-66-167-251-6.phlapafg.covad.net [66.167.251.6]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AC81243D55 for ; Sat, 27 Nov 2004 01:09:58 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from wmoran@potentialtech.com) Received: from working.potentialtech.com (pa-plum-cmts1e-68-68-113-64.pittpa.adelphia.net [68.68.113.64]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by internet.potentialtech.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC02369A3F for ; Fri, 26 Nov 2004 20:09:55 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2004 20:09:55 -0500 From: Bill Moran To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-Id: <20041126200955.2072155f.wmoran@potentialtech.com> Organization: Potential Technologies X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.99 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd4.10) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Looking for advice before upgrading 5.1-p17 to 5.3-p1 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, 27 Nov 2004 01:10:01 -0000 Hey all. I've got a machine I'm hoping to upgrad per the subject line this weekend. This machine is 6 hours from me. I'm doing a remote upgrade via ssh, and if I screw up and have to call the colo facil, it's going to cost me big $$$. Does anyone have and stories, good or bad, regarding making a jump like this? Any advice or particular gotchas to watch out for? Considering the massive jump in technology, is it even possible to boot a 5.3 kernel on a 5.1 userland? Do I need to do the entire process before rebooting, or can I upgrade just the kernel and make sure it actually boots before installing world? Keep in mind that I have to do all this via ssh, so if sshd doesn't start after a reboot, I'm in a world of hurt. Advice? -- Bill Moran Potential Technologies http://www.potentialtech.com