From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 9 14:13:04 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B96116A4CE for ; Tue, 9 Nov 2004 14:13:04 +0000 (GMT) Received: from ei.bzerk.org (ei.xs4all.nl [213.84.67.5]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 68C5443D1D for ; Tue, 9 Nov 2004 14:13:03 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mail25@bzerk.org) Received: from ei.bzerk.org (BOFH@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ei.bzerk.org (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id iA9EETdv082400; Tue, 9 Nov 2004 15:14:29 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from mail25@bzerk.org) Received: (from bulk@localhost) by ei.bzerk.org (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id iA9EETLp082399; Tue, 9 Nov 2004 15:14:29 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from mail25@bzerk.org) Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2004 15:14:29 +0100 From: Ruben de Groot To: Volker Lieder Message-ID: <20041109141429.GA81973@ei.bzerk.org> Mail-Followup-To: Ruben de Groot , Volker Lieder , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.3 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED, FROM_ENDS_IN_NUMS autolearn=failed version=3.0.0 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.0 (2004-09-13) on ei.bzerk.org cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Experiences with systemupdate Freebsd 4.9 -> 5.3 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 09 Nov 2004 14:13:04 -0000 On Tue, Nov 09, 2004 at 01:12:32PM +0100, Volker Lieder typed: > Hello list, > has anybody tried to update a freebsd 4.9 incl. apache, mysql and other > ports to 5.3 or 5.2? Many times without problems. Just stick to the letter of /usr/src/UPDATING and /usr/ports/UPDATING and you'll be fine. > I have a server with performanceproblems and want to try an other > release. Allthough performance has improved significantly in the 5.i -> 5.3 timespan, there are still areas where 4.x outperforms 5.x. This will certainly improve while 5-stable evolves, but right now you might even be worse off performancewise after an upgrade. Unless off course you know exactly what kind of performanceproblems you're dealing with and how they are 'fixed' in 5.x > I found a howto on freebsd to update from 4.x to 5.3, but i don't know > if it works. > Perhaps you can send me your reports/results/tipps and tricks. - make backups - if you're not familiar with src upgrading, do a clean reinstall - make backups - test the procedure on a non-critical system - don't forget to make backups