Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2006 12:39:48 -0500 From: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> To: "FreeBSD Questions" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: It's time to bite the bullet and do a major upgrade from 4.11 to 6.0 Message-ID: <17753.65380.492527.699899@jerusalem.litteratus.org> In-Reply-To: <f3625a5e0611140813l70f24411j98ac03c12a9ed6f3@mail.gmail.com> References: <f3625a5e0611140813l70f24411j98ac03c12a9ed6f3@mail.gmail.com>
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Scott Schappell writes:
> Am I on the right track by doing source upgrades?
Source upgrades are certainly possible; I'll let others address
the sequence of steps.
However: were this my problem, I would get a clean disk and
install from scratch. Advantages:
ability to adjust partition sizes
old disk is available _in toto_ to copy data (and executables
if necessary) from
leave behind unused {system, user} {code, data} which
accumulate no matter how hard you try to find them
you're going to have to rebuild the ports anyway; this way
they're guaranteed to build against the most recent
headers/libraries
if the install fails, you can change the cable/jumpers and boot
from the old disk in minutes
Robert Huff
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