From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Mar 12 10:56: 7 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from chen.org.nz (adsl-210.54.19.51.quicksilver.net.nz [210.54.19.51]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EECF837B68E for ; Tue, 12 Mar 2002 10:54:08 -0800 (PST) Received: (from jonc@localhost) by chen.org.nz (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g2CIs5H14000; Wed, 13 Mar 2002 07:54:05 +1300 (NZDT) (envelope-from jonc) Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2002 07:54:05 +1300 From: Jonathan Chen To: krzysztof Strzelczyk Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Upgrade question Message-ID: <20020313075405.B13433@grimoire.chen.org.nz> References: <20020312174118.95387.qmail@web14808.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <20020312174118.95387.qmail@web14808.mail.yahoo.com>; from cs052279@yahoo.com on Tue, Mar 12, 2002 at 09:41:18AM -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, Mar 12, 2002 at 09:41:18AM -0800, krzysztof Strzelczyk wrote: > Hello, > > I am doing an upgrade for a friend whic will > require me to upgrade from FreeBSD-3.4-release to the > current stable version. I have done cvsup upgrades > before but never across so many versions. Are there > any know problems with upgrading across so many > version? If you can get hold of a install CD, I'd recommend that you do a minimal upgrade installation onto the 4.X series and then cvsup to latest. The jump fro 3.x to 4.x involves some boot-block changes that may make it very difficult to recover from. -- Jonathan Chen ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message