From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 28 20:54:12 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 5D02C1065670 for ; Sat, 28 Nov 2009 20:54:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from s4mmael@gmail.com) Received: from mail-fx0-f218.google.com (mail-fx0-f218.google.com [209.85.220.218]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EA9C88FC13 for ; Sat, 28 Nov 2009 20:54:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: by fxm10 with SMTP id 10so2092824fxm.14 for ; Sat, 28 Nov 2009 12:54:11 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=0g/mJiATQe0FYI/pYMCBMvZKRwtAlNYPzLlurVv7rIE=; b=pO9xqtC7YjeEvg75d7GPsV0kyCLP5DIv2Hrv3DTTRXqktORw6PNU+eKZtuOWJ0RAj7 1/Ys/MWdr6ciRYed3LNqXODarOlI5dg/Gz5dwfBkP+AaJ1RHBStCYx5vpxgd22DuG5LZ uFAS+/CpzfN6hDAMqyOBBIBnmmmocFqwAZQt8= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; b=ETgjaU4p+c3tixCgtG1EcCgg+Ki+d0yUmJn372Evav9nhUKoio/cChNZdyjDli2F6+ cfyBMJeEmLa5EQ5hzuIWNaS7JTLZaGnMkcf+344y202Z9dwa+bYoaGZj5fk7OatABoVy nE8F1gwpuonUBnp7ZFrjIOq/D4OQnMBEKiJN8= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.223.144.82 with SMTP id y18mr363451fau.74.1259441651020; Sat, 28 Nov 2009 12:54:11 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <4B11794A.3060604@gmail.com> References: <4B11794A.3060604@gmail.com> Date: Sat, 28 Nov 2009 23:54:10 +0300 Message-ID: <6e38aed80911281254u3c9a1561g72eb3fd13aeb9e61@mail.gmail.com> From: S4mmael To: David Jackson , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: Subject: Re: Syinstall binary upgrade to FreeBSD 8.0 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: Sat, 28 Nov 2009 20:54:12 -0000 Yes, there is something like COMPAT7X option in 8.0 GENERIC kernel. 2009/11/28 David Jackson : > I would like to upgrade a 7.1 FreeBSD system to 8.0 FreeBSD using > sysinstalls binary upgrade feature. I would mainly for now would like to > upgrade the core OS and X and so on, but I still have some 7.1 binaries that > will still be on the system. Is there binary compatability with 7.1 binaries > on 8.0. Binary compatability is pretty important to me. Anything else i need > to know about? As for why I am not using freebsd-update, i did try it once > it seemed as though it was going to take 7 hours to update the system., when > the old way will have it done in 30 minutes. Thanks in advance. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >