From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 13 10:13:09 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6299516A4CE for ; Fri, 13 Feb 2004 10:13:09 -0800 (PST) Received: from rdsnet.ro (smtp.rdsnet.ro [62.231.74.130]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9259C43D1D for ; Fri, 13 Feb 2004 10:13:08 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from itetcu@apropo.ro) Received: (qmail 8436 invoked from network); 13 Feb 2004 18:13:07 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO it.buh.cameradicommercio.ro) (81.196.25.19) by mail.rdsnet.ro with SMTP; 13 Feb 2004 18:13:06 -0000 Received: from it.buh.cameradicommercio.ro (localhost.buh.cameradicommercio.ro [127.0.0.1]) by it.buh.cameradicommercio.ro (Postfix) with SMTP id 93A0B190; Fri, 13 Feb 2004 20:14:48 +0200 (EET) Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2004 20:14:47 +0200 From: Ion-Mihai Tetcu To: "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." Message-Id: <20040213201447.01e4bda4@it.buh.cameradicommercio.ro> In-Reply-To: <402D1143.7060502@daleco.biz> References: <012e01c3f231$c87a3f80$bf7ba8c0@stf.nus.edu.sg> <402D1143.7060502@daleco.biz> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.8claws (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd5.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: newbies@freebsd.org cc: stormjumper@myrealbox.com Subject: Re: how does one upgrade from 4.8 to 4.9 X-BeenThere: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Gathering place for new users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2004 18:13:09 -0000 On Fri, 13 Feb 2004 12:02:43 -0600 "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." wrote: > John Murphy wrote: > > >"stormjumper" 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. You will run in some problems because of files left from 4.9, that are not present and/or have other names in 5.2. It will give you a lot of manual work to do. -- IOnut Unregistered ;) FreeBSD user