From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 2 14:44:07 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5187716A408 for ; Mon, 2 Apr 2007 14:44:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jnatola@familycareintl.org) Received: from mail.familycareintl.org (mail.familycareintl.org [68.167.21.154]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 13CC713C4AD for ; Mon, 2 Apr 2007 14:44:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jnatola@familycareintl.org) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2007 10:44:06 -0400 Message-ID: <3A85D7EF44E1C744BF6434691F5659E9702B14@www.fcimail.org> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: UPGRADing from 5.4- Sysinstall or makeworld Thread-Index: Acd1NV1Y05buwF9ORYqITIvEtxaRWA== From: "Jean-Paul Natola" To: Subject: UPGRADing from 5.4- Sysinstall or makeworld 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: Mon, 02 Apr 2007 14:44:07 -0000 Hi everyone, I'm think I really need to upgrade from 5.4 as I'm having a slew of = issues with my programs- specifically exim-sa-clamav-=20 My concern is that this was the only BSD install I had ever done with assistance from a colleague from across the border- So all I have been = doing for the past year is cvsup-ing and portupgrading- however as mentioned earlier I'm running into issues that are consuming too much time for me = to resolve as I am a one man IT department here. The first thing I'd like to know is if my box can indeed handle the = upgrade to 6.2 - I have the following hardware- PIII 500mhz 256 ram 8 gig hard-drive The ONLY thing I use this box for is to filter mail that then gets = passed to my exchange server- Are there any gotcha's I need to lookout for before attempting this = upgrade, since this filters my e-mail if I screw up- I will have no incoming = mail- lest I choose to redirect my SMTP directly to my mail server- NOT A GOOD IDEA. So I see there are two methods of upgrading - sysinstall or makeworld- = what would be the optimal choice for someone with limited experience in the = BSD world- Thanks=20 Jean-Paul Natola Network Administrator Information Technology Family Care International 588 Broadway Suite 503 New York, NY 10012 Phone:212-941-5300 xt 36 Fax: 212-941-5563 Mailto: Jnatola@Familycareintl.org