From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 7 10:03:30 2011 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 A1C05106566B for ; Fri, 7 Jan 2011 10:03:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kraduk@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ww0-f50.google.com (mail-ww0-f50.google.com [74.125.82.50]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 325BD8FC15 for ; Fri, 7 Jan 2011 10:03:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wwf26 with SMTP id 26so17026404wwf.31 for ; Fri, 07 Jan 2011 02:03:29 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:in-reply-to :references:date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=nfKwMYJs9H8uC3ChjRfAKCKeuJtMmTUKz4RSXBNUgfg=; b=RIx4lRdzk4x4ubLq2dL1HiRuy6RkU7EdC0nNHKFxA5QW4VVQJg6BIARCbdI4OUxKF6 I4gOdBBKw0HxrmtPgf8OPeqM8W71jjGv0icbvjUegAXqKP39Aachz9WDtMg9/rplKhi6 9UsXcQqH5XasdjXxwUvkx3agJqKpL7UgzDAk8= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=bWlb7znLDq+XJLfbYla7R/WiEe/adD8Dtz3mJE37aoRoDPgH+ADXYbijye3eKjHFc2 lWOFWUqxLa9NPvta0Ci7SgMH3wiSZyO0LI958/ccz/eth5HwVRnhuVxallXgKUakI6gi 4CpF1pWMIFNW2ybHpr19zrcPZtp+KUUFAAeRQ= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.216.186.208 with SMTP id w58mr1355260wem.59.1294394609030; Fri, 07 Jan 2011 02:03:29 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.216.151.72 with HTTP; Fri, 7 Jan 2011 02:03:28 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <4D25F080.9050101@sentex.net> References: <19749.60786.530706.591346@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <4D25F080.9050101@sentex.net> Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2011 10:03:28 +0000 Message-ID: From: krad To: Mike Tancsa Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: patrick , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upgrading from FreeBSD 4.10 to 8.1? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2011 10:03:30 -0000 On 6 January 2011 16:40, Mike Tancsa wrote: > On 1/6/2011 11:27 AM, Robert Huff wrote: > > > > patrick writes: > > > >> I know this is a bit crazy, but is there any opinion as to > >> whether a binary upgrade using an 8.1 CD would work to upgrade a > >> system running 4.10? Normally I would want to do a fresh install, > >> but it's at a remote client site where it's not going to be easy > >> to do it that way, and I'm going to need to guide someone less > >> experienced through the install/upgrade process. > > > > While this may not be an option, my preference would be to > > 1) build a new machine, 2) install 8.1, 3) install the apps and > > data, 4) test thoroughly, then 5) ship the result to the remote > > location. Anything else is likely to be too painful for words. > > How old is the hardware as well? If its running 4.x, something is going > to die on it sooner than later. I agree with the above. Send a new box > or at the very least a new disk with 8.2 on it. Then, just mount the old > 4.x disk and copy over the user data. > > ---Mike > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > I have done such upgrades in the past but they are very high risk, so the chances are you will incur some prolonged downtime, and probably have to go to site anyway. It would be much easier to build a new system disk, install whatever ports you need and copy across anything else from the live system, then install the new disk to the box (or an entire new box)