Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2006 15:15:38 +0800 From: Dinesh Nair <dinesh@alphaque.com> To: Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se> Cc: Mikhail Teterin <mi+mx@aldan.algebra.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: is upgrading from 4.x to 6.x possible? Message-ID: <43EC3D9A.5070403@alphaque.com> In-Reply-To: <20060208220534.GA68908@falcon.midgard.homeip.net> References: <200602081610.02251.mi%2Bmx@aldan.algebra.com> <20060208220534.GA68908@falcon.midgard.homeip.net>
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On 02/09/06 06:05 Erik Trulsson said the following: > The other option available is of course to make a backup of all data and > config files, make a new clean install of 6.x, and then restore files from > backup. which is exactly what i did and something i'd recommend for all 4.x to 6.x direct upgrades. there's been a lot of changes in freebsd since 4.x and a clean reinstall of 6.x will ensure that this gets to you with the least amount of problems. -- Regards, /\_/\ "All dogs go to heaven." dinesh@alphaque.com (0 0) http://www.alphaque.com/ +==========================----oOO--(_)--OOo----==========================+ | for a in past present future; do | | for b in clients employers associates relatives neighbours pets; do | | echo "The opinions here in no way reflect the opinions of my $a $b." | | done; done | +=========================================================================+
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