From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Apr 19 18:47:44 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 669391065672 for ; Sun, 19 Apr 2009 18:47:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl) Received: from wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl (wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl [IPv6:2001:4070:101:2::1]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 43D458FC19 for ; Sun, 19 Apr 2009 18:47:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl) Received: from wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n3JIl82M011700; Sun, 19 Apr 2009 20:47:08 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl) Received: from localhost (wojtek@localhost) by wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) with ESMTP id n3JIl7lY011697; Sun, 19 Apr 2009 20:47:08 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl) Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2009 20:47:07 +0200 (CEST) From: Wojciech Puchar To: John Almberg In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upgrading from 6.3 to 7.1 -- how dangerous? 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: Sun, 19 Apr 2009 18:47:44 -0000 how i do this (but this is probably not "politically correct" ;) 1) get all files of new version in one place (subdir) say at /7.1 2) separate out manually all configs - it's /etc, /var/namedb and maybe few more 3) using livecd just put all other files with tar|tar to the place 4) manually update configs - put all except what you modified 5) turn off all services in rc.conf, reboot 6) install compat6x from ports so your existing ports will work, then turn on services On Sun, 19 Apr 2009, John Almberg wrote: > I need to upgrade a live, production server from 6.3 to 7.1. I can't afford > to have any troubles with this server. I have Absolute FreeBSD and a few > other BSD books, and the upgrade process looks fairly straightforward. That's > the theory... > > Real world question: how scared should I be? > > I've thought about setting up a dummy server, just to practice on. Is this a > good idea? Or am I just a nervous Nellie? > > -- John > > _______________________________________________ > 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" >