Date: Sat, 5 Dec 2009 08:38:01 -0600 From: Alex Stangl <alex@stangl.us> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: binary upgrade 6.1 - 7.2/8.0 Message-ID: <20091205143801.GA23811@scout.stangl.us> In-Reply-To: <20091205020435.GA1495@Alex1.lan> References: <4AE6FD20.7070806@chamonix.reportlab.co.uk> <20091205020435.GA1495@Alex1.lan>
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On Sat, Dec 05, 2009 at 03:04:35AM +0100, Alex de Kruijff wrote: > On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 02:01:04PM +0000, Robin Becker wrote: > > Is it feasible to upgrade a system from 6.1 to 7.2 or 8.0-RC1 and if yes > > what sequence of upgrades should I actually carry out ie is it feasible to > > do 6.1-6.2 and then 6.2 - 7.2 or should it be done in small steps? > > I didn't see anyone else responed so I give it a go. I thougth it was > posible for the base but not the ports. And I thought binairy upgrade > only works from releses not patches or RCs. I haven't done this my self, > but got this info from the handbook / the list. I asked a similar question in June about 6.0 -> 7.2. http://www.mail-archive.com/freebsd-questions@freebsd.org/msg216640.html A couple people replied that they recommended upgrading via source. That worked fine, so I also recommend going that route and avoiding freebsd-update.sh except possibly for minor security updates. Once kernel and userland are successfully updated, you'll probably want to rebuild all your installed ports. Good luck, Alex
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