From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Apr 19 17:06:57 2009 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 C553F1065670 for ; Sun, 19 Apr 2009 17:06:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jalmberg@identry.com) Received: from mx1.identry.com (on.identry.com [66.111.0.194]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 603A68FC0C for ; Sun, 19 Apr 2009 17:06:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jalmberg@identry.com) Received: (qmail 76609 invoked by uid 89); 19 Apr 2009 17:07:31 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.1.110?) (jalmberg@75.127.142.66) by mx1.identry.com with ESMTPA; 19 Apr 2009 17:07:31 -0000 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v753.1) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: John Almberg Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2009 13:06:55 -0400 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.753.1) Subject: Upgrading from 6.3 to 7.1 -- how dangerous? 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: Sun, 19 Apr 2009 17:06:58 -0000 I need to upgrade a live, production server from 6.3 to 7.1. I can't afford to have any troubles with this server. I have Absolute FreeBSD and a few other BSD books, and the upgrade process looks fairly straightforward. That's the theory... Real world question: how scared should I be? I've thought about setting up a dummy server, just to practice on. Is this a good idea? Or am I just a nervous Nellie? -- John