Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2004 12:02:43 -0600 From: "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." <kdk@daleco.biz> To: jfm@blueyonder.co.uk Cc: newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how does one upgrade from 4.8 to 4.9 Message-ID: <402D1143.7060502@daleco.biz> In-Reply-To: <qm2q20ljgnmhfkgbirfpn4sh0fvafo5oki@4ax.com> References: <012e01c3f231$c87a3f80$bf7ba8c0@stf.nus.edu.sg> <qm2q20ljgnmhfkgbirfpn4sh0fvafo5oki@4ax.com>
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John Murphy wrote: >"stormjumper" <stormjumper@myrealbox.com> wrote: > > > >>hi everyone, >> >>I'm running FreeBSD 4.8 at the moment, just wondering if someone can point >>me to a relevant web-page take explains the process of upgrading to a >>different version clearly. >> >> > >See http://www.freebsd.org/releases/4.9R/relnotes-i386.html#UPGRADE > >Which explains that there are two ways, binary or source. It also mentions >that you read /usr/src/UPDATING (when you have the new sources) as well. > > > >>Is there an issue if i "skip" versions, say from 4.4 to 4.9? or 4.8 to 5.2, >>the RELEASE issues notwithstanding? >> >> > >4.4 to 4.9 should be straightforward but 4.8 to 5.2 would be harder, but all >possible issues are usually well covered in /usr/src/UPDATING. > > > And 4.X to 5.X is recommended *against* by some users/community members. A dump of your data and a fresh install is better, they say. Part of the reason is so that you have opportunity to switch to ufs2 filesystems; the rest, I'm not sure about. Kevin Kinsey
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