Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 14:11:34 -0500 From: "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." <kdk@daleco.biz> To: Curtis Vaughan <curtis@npc-usa.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 4.8 > 4.10 successful. Now > 5.x? Message-ID: <412CE466.1010505@daleco.biz> In-Reply-To: <FA8297F5-F6C7-11D8-8159-000393934006@npc-usa.com> References: <FA8297F5-F6C7-11D8-8159-000393934006@npc-usa.com>
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Curtis Vaughan wrote: > Ok, it looks as though cvsup from 4.8 to 4.10 has been successful. > > Now, first off I want to say that I want this server to be a second > Postfix / Courier IMAP server (our other is on a RedHat server, but > that's irrelevant). > > I feel that I should go ahead and first upgrade to 5.x and then > install Postfix and everything else I will need (e.g., PAM/LDAP > authentication, user folders, Samba, etc.). Otherwise, I'm afraid I > stop at 4.10 and install all the applications I need, then when I > really want to upgrade to 5.x I may find myself in trouble. But I am > interested in what the rest of you think. > > Curtis For various reasons, most of us mere mortals are advised to simply backup and install 5.x to a new disk (or a cleaned one, anyway). I started to say why ... I find that I can make a list of new features in 5.x, but am not necessarily aware of which features make a complete reinstallation desirable. I do know that you can't use ufs2 unless you reinstall.... Kevin Kinsey
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