From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 5 14:55:46 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 E17D0106566C for ; Sat, 5 Dec 2009 14:55:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from alex@stangl.us) Received: from stangl.us (stangl.us [66.93.193.95]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AC0E98FC19 for ; Sat, 5 Dec 2009 14:55:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by scout.stangl.us (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D9CAB870 for ; Sat, 5 Dec 2009 08:38:06 -0600 (CST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at stangl.us Received: from stangl.us ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (scout.stangl.us [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id v0LUFasOY5io for ; Sat, 5 Dec 2009 08:38:01 -0600 (CST) Received: by scout.stangl.us (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 35EA2B83D; Sat, 5 Dec 2009 08:38:01 -0600 (CST) Date: Sat, 5 Dec 2009 08:38:01 -0600 From: Alex Stangl To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20091205143801.GA23811@scout.stangl.us> References: <4AE6FD20.7070806@chamonix.reportlab.co.uk> <20091205020435.GA1495@Alex1.lan> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20091205020435.GA1495@Alex1.lan> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Subject: Re: binary upgrade 6.1 - 7.2/8.0 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: Sat, 05 Dec 2009 14:55:47 -0000 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