From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Apr 28 2:53: 4 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from andrsn.stanford.edu (andrsn.Stanford.EDU [171.66.112.163]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3084937B762 for ; Fri, 28 Apr 2000 02:53:00 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from andrsn@andrsn.stanford.edu) Received: from localhost (andrsn@localhost.stanford.edu [127.0.0.1]) by andrsn.stanford.edu (8.9.3/8.9.1) with ESMTP id CAA52483; Fri, 28 Apr 2000 02:45:42 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2000 02:45:42 -0700 (PDT) From: Annelise Anderson To: Otter Cc: marcus@redcentre.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Upgrading FreeBSD 2.2.7 to 4.0 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Just in case you decide to try this, marcus, you also need to install new boot blocks after rsyncing and before booting a new kernel, as an elf kernel won't boot with the old boot blocks. Sorry I forgot that AA On Thu, 27 Apr 2000, Annelise Anderson wrote: > If you're going for a new install anyway, might as well experiment > first. > > How about rsyncing the whole thing from another machine, if you've > got one running something you like? You can rsync from one to > another (you'd have to install rsync on both) using ssh if you > like. Then you fix up the /etc files; you install from the 4.x > machine a generic kernel or one build on the 4.x machine and > moved to the 2.2.x. > > especially if you use rsync with the --delete option (be sure > to back up the home directories first) this might just work. > > Annelise > > On Thu, 27 Apr 2000, Otter wrote: > > > marcus@redcentre.com wrote: > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > I'm just after a bit of advice regarding upgrading a production > > > server from 2.2.7 to 4.0 (?). Is there a safe way to do this or > > > would it be wiser to configure a new server and transfer the accounts > > > across? > > > > > > Marcus > > > > > > > Remembering the upgrade process from 2.x to 3.x and 3.x to 4.0, I'd > > recommend doing a new install. Consider too that 2.x to 3.x required > > an a.out->elf conversion. Since you have production machines, you > > might want to do a trial run on an unused box just to make sure the > > upgrade/change goes smoothly before you make it go live. (IMHO) > > -Otter > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message