Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 12:56:04 -0700 From: Curtis Vaughan <curtis@npc-usa.com> To: "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." <kdk@daleco.biz> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 4.8 > 4.10 successful. Now > 5.x? Message-ID: <CBE55E10-F6D0-11D8-8159-000393934006@npc-usa.com> In-Reply-To: <412CE466.1010505@daleco.biz> References: <FA8297F5-F6C7-11D8-8159-000393934006@npc-usa.com> <412CE466.1010505@daleco.biz>
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On 25 Aug, 2004, at 12:11, Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P. wrote: > 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 > So, which of the 5.x should I install? 5.1, 5.2.1, 5.3? I want to be as Stable as possible. Curtis
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