Date: Tue, 04 Apr 2006 19:44:53 -0500 From: Kevin Kinsey <kdk@daleco.biz> To: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> Cc: robert@letsget.bz, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Question bout migrating from 4.X tree to 5.x or even 6.x Message-ID: <44331305.9040708@daleco.biz> In-Reply-To: <443303AB.1080600@mac.com> References: <4433009B.60801@letsget.bz> <443303AB.1080600@mac.com>
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Chuck Swiger wrote:
>Robert Yoon wrote:
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>>I am planning on upgrading from the 4.x tree to the 6.x tree.
>>I have been reading online and have found little or no reference
>>information.
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>Presumably reading /usr/src/UPDATING and the FreeBSD handbook would prove useful.
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>>I would like to actually do this without a make world scenario, and have
>>read some info bout booting off a usb device with 6.0 on it and copying
>>stuff over. Anyone know of or heard bout this by any chance?
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>Have fun.
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>However, it's unclear why you'd bother with USB when simply performing a binary
>upgrade installation from a 6.0 or 6.1beta ISO image on a CD would achieve the
>same end result....
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>>Also what recommendations would you make if you were to upgrade from 4.x
>>tree to 5 or 6?
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>Read the fine documentation. Follow instructions carefully. Have good backups.
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In particular, there is some *very fine* documentation at:
http://www.freebsd.org/releases/
I'd recommend looking at the "early adopter's guide" for 5.0 or 5.1, and
a "migration guide" from a later release such as 5.3. The 4.X -5.X jump
tends to be the tricky one, but Bruce Mah has spelled it out quite well.
If you can hit 5.X successfully, jumping to 6 should be quite pain-free.
YMMV, of course.
Kevin Kinsey
--
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