From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 8 21:52:52 2010 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 94546106566B for ; Fri, 8 Jan 2010 21:52:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bryant.eadon@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ew0-f226.google.com (mail-ew0-f226.google.com [209.85.219.226]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 28C138FC15 for ; Fri, 8 Jan 2010 21:52:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ewy26 with SMTP id 26so18316898ewy.3 for ; Fri, 08 Jan 2010 13:52:46 -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:cc:content-type; bh=KRir9DNT0YYOImymdJBj8xCxtHLHEBOeHs/90Th2LO4=; b=A6KDYPKEJMDoTkpjmR/mlxuOLTGMb/H6+ZxTJOWqQCF+QC6CCOipnWQwRWLmYRbmei DnxEjuPaS8DWfixtPWRDdiqRap9AQZh4oFE4ItSMml/bFns1G15DJbqaS/EgVXvGGA5f cifz1FdziO4wHHe60Q6GKlW5drOAOVXNUxAJw= 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 :cc:content-type; b=WK+WYlzSdxlPisnZB6gtNbfzDcxVaCVPIGEzLaZ3IBKZQEGx+YOhpGeyfqleYabYwD L+tFD50U0FBavHf6V9QMxYfObTH9odQMUgeui3C71rW4Qm1D6aMOUoapRp8BJsFFsNan SrcQmuxX2QPhF3yPnhMNg5JZ8VHBkfNbE+bm4= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.216.91.84 with SMTP id g62mr1630621wef.216.1262987566090; Fri, 08 Jan 2010 13:52:46 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <201001082146.o08LkAt5082535@dc.cis.okstate.edu> References: <201001082146.o08LkAt5082535@dc.cis.okstate.edu> Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2010 16:52:46 -0500 Message-ID: <4d84cd881001081352y334385b9j84e608f0d4ca8ae4@mail.gmail.com> From: Bryant Eadon To: Martin McCormick Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upgrading Standing Systems from 6.3 to 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: Fri, 08 Jan 2010 21:52:52 -0000 Have you tried a test system with this configuration, then upgraded it to 7.x followed by the jump to 8.0? Run this for a week in advance and see if anything pops up, maybe even stress test it? Bryant On Jan 8, 2010 4:47 PM, "Martin McCormick" wrote: Can one upgrade a standing system from 6.3 to 8.0? We do have a few sacrificial systems to try the big upgrade on, but the actual systems are scattered through 3 towns over 200 miles. Not a one is just down the hall so it is all going to have to be done remotely. I am familiar with the process of pointing the cvs-supfile to the target branch and then rebuilding the world. This got us from 5.x to 6.3 with no real issues so how far can one take this and not end up with a brick later? The main thing that can happen which gives nightmares is a situation in which the upgraded system comes up but has insidious problems that don't bite until 03:00 on Sunday morning. Imagine the OS isn't freeing inodes or some other creeping menace that might not be obvious when your newly-built system comes up awith a login prompt and seems ready for business. Thanks. Martin McCormick WB5AGZ Stillwater, OK Systems Engineer OSU Information Technology Department Telecommunications Services Group _______________________________________________ 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"