Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 10:44:34 -0500 From: "Steffen Vorrix" <steffen@vorrix.com> To: <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Major upgrade Message-ID: <000e01c0ac9d$abd50040$fd03a8c0@ws001>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_000B_01C0AC73.C2523D80 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I have been tracking this list for about 3 or 4 weeks now, and I have = learned alot more about FreeBSD then I thought I might. I have = successfully upgrade my two home FreeBSD machines from 4.2 REL to the = current stable version, and everything went just fine. However, I now = need to upgrade 2 production machines for my employer, and these have to = go as painlessly as possible. The problem is that these machines are = 3.4 REL. I have looked through the mail over the past weeks, and I have = found people mention that 3.4 to 4 can have some gotcha's associated = with it, but I haven't seen anything specifically mentioned. Are there = things that I need to watch out for? The reference that I am referring = to was a thread regarding remotely updating servers. While this was = frowned upon by almost everyone in the list, one person specifically = mentioned that remote updating would be a problem from a 3.x to a 4.x. = I don't plan to do any remote updating, but I want to be sure there = aren't other things I need to watch out for. Thanks a bunch. Chris Schremser ------=_NextPart_000_000B_01C0AC73.C2523D80 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.50.4611.1300" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I have been tracking this list for = about 3 or 4=20 weeks now, and I have learned alot more about FreeBSD then I thought I=20 might. I have successfully upgrade my two home FreeBSD machines = from 4.2=20 REL to the current stable version, and everything went just fine. = However,=20 I now need to upgrade 2 production machines for my employer, and these = have to=20 go as painlessly as possible. The problem is that these machines = are 3.4=20 REL. I have looked through the mail over the past weeks, and I = have found=20 people mention that 3.4 to 4 can have some gotcha's associated with it, = but I=20 haven't seen anything specifically mentioned. Are there things = that I need=20 to watch out for? The reference that I am referring to was a = thread=20 regarding remotely updating servers. While this was frowned upon = by almost=20 everyone in the list, one person specifically mentioned that remote = updating=20 would be a problem from a 3.x to a 4.x. I don't plan to do any = remote=20 updating, but I want to be sure there aren't other things I need to = watch out=20 for.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Thanks a bunch.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Chris = Schremser</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_000B_01C0AC73.C2523D80-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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