Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2000 16:24:08 -0800 From: "Anthony Bourov" <admin@addr.com> To: "FreeBSD-Questions" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: "FreeBSD-Hackers" <freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Upgrading from 3.0Release to 3.3Stable Message-ID: <0c1901bf57dc$593db0a0$543bc587@power2000>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] Hi, I have performed several live upgrades of FreeBSD before (3.0Stable to 3.3Stable), and experienced no problems. However, I think there are more differences in 3.0Release (basically, that was the first version that supported SMP), and was hoping for some feed back. I know that the kernel whitched from AOUT to ELF, so I need to install the new boot loader. Will the new boot loader still be able to run the old kernel (in case there are problems during the upgrade?). Also, currently the system compiles binaries by default into the ELF format, and can run both AOUT and ELF. I am not sure, after the upgrade, would the system still be able to execute AOUT binaries (or is there a converter, just in case?). Please, if anyone is aware of any other issues, let me know (config file differences, etc). The system is live, and I want to minimize any downtime. Thank you very much in advance, Anthony [-- Attachment #2 --] <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2614.3500" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi,</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have performed several live upgrades of FreeBSD before (3.0Stable to 3.3Stable), and experienced no problems. However, I think there are more differences in 3.0Release (basically, that was the first version that supported SMP), and was hoping for some feed back. I know that the kernel whitched from AOUT to ELF, so I need to install the new boot loader. Will the new boot loader still be able to run the old kernel (in case there are problems during the upgrade?).</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Also, currently the system compiles binaries by default into the ELF format, and can run both AOUT and ELF. I am not sure, after the upgrade, would the system still be able to execute AOUT binaries (or is there a converter, just in case?).</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Please, if anyone is aware of any other issues, let me know (config file differences, etc). The system is live, and I want to minimize any downtime.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thank you very much in advance,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Anthony</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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