From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 15 09:40:37 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4C2DF106568D for ; Mon, 15 Dec 2008 09:40:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bg271828@yahoo.com) Received: from web53403.mail.re2.yahoo.com (web53403.mail.re2.yahoo.com [206.190.37.50]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D1F028FC24 for ; Mon, 15 Dec 2008 09:40:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bg271828@yahoo.com) Received: (qmail 95293 invoked by uid 60001); 15 Dec 2008 09:13:55 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Date:From:Reply-To:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Message-ID; b=Nr5C0SPysGxo7gAP69J7wAHrDhof3hpaenmiltJJSz9N9tnPIupxkIKXqvf5t5IOITUX0D6S5/2ravFS/rAQiHrNH4imHqf930fnP0+YapvLIx/LVFk54HNlIPVLvclWey38dkHY+GQydnMOqC+d90e2EhheKIDbEN/UeV26MA4=; X-YMail-OSG: s.iwOIMVM1mVadmknhesxzfREV_3NICEXmwHk0XeNi.5o_oH5F4xe6tDstv0m_isz8lnp5NplWJeXR09K97LFJJ5qFdd..ONaxRsDhS4pHsnTGW.hhpwFvOhrBk40A.hXCtIxqn9z8bAuxZ1PdCk89MSvPMGjXD_mAbU..2ChNEyCmB_QlRzWNaLq56ntQ-- Received: from [166.84.1.2] by web53403.mail.re2.yahoo.com via HTTP; Mon, 15 Dec 2008 01:13:54 PST X-Mailer: YahooMailWebService/0.7.260.1 Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2008 01:13:54 -0800 (PST) From: "Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Message-ID: <290903.93424.qm@web53403.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Subject: Upgrading 4.x install without doing clean reinstall? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: bg271828@yahoo.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2008 09:40:37 -0000 I have a server that was running Free BSD 4.7 for a number of years. I DO NOT have easy physical access to it, its in a datacenter and i cant get to it myself or at this point rely on anyone there to put in a new install disk or anything. Ive replaced this server with a new one for production use, running 7.0, so now that this one is no longer live, id like to update it to 7.x so i can continue to use it as a dev box. However since i dont have direct access to it, i need to update it cleanly, so that it doesnt fall off the net or otherwise stop working during the process. Is there any clean way of doing this? If I have to upgrade to 5.x, then 6.x, then 7.x it will take forever and probably break something in the process. Can i make the jump directly, still keeping everything working? Thanks! Jen