Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2005 00:51:46 -0600 From: Scott Long <scottl@samsco.org> To: Jim Keller <freebsd@contexthosting.net> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upgrading from FreeBSD 5.4 to 6 - Make world or binary install? Message-ID: <434B6102.2050608@samsco.org> In-Reply-To: <434B601F.40007@contexthosting.net> References: <434B601F.40007@contexthosting.net>
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Jim Keller wrote: > Hello, > I'm trying to determine which version of FreeBSD to install on a new > server I have coming in, since I know that the 5 branch is to become an > errata branch sooner rather than later. The migration guide from 4.x to > 5.x recommends a clean install of FreeBSD followed by data restoration, > which makes sense considering the major changes in 5.x, especially to > the filesystem. However, will this still hold true for going from 5.x to > 6? I'd prefer to install 5.4 for now then run a buildworld later and > bump it to 6, but will buildworld be a reasonable way of going from 5.4 > to 6? > > Thanks > > -Jim Keller Upgrading from 5.4 to 6.0 is very easy. I did it last weekend on my firewall+mailserver with just the normal upgrade procedures. The only gotcha that I can think of is the renamed serial ports. Scott
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