From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 21 05:44:38 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 71F6916A4CE for ; Fri, 21 Nov 2003 05:44:38 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (ns0.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.69.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C409243FAF for ; Fri, 21 Nov 2003 05:44:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) hALDi9Bg081385 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Fri, 21 Nov 2003 13:44:23 GMT (envelope-from matthew@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: (from matthew@localhost)id hALDi9sM081384; Fri, 21 Nov 2003 13:44:09 GMT (envelope-from matthew) Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2003 13:44:09 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman To: Mike Loiterman Message-ID: <20031121134409.GB81136@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Matthew Seaman , Mike Loiterman , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <200311211051.hALApOp79560@fat_man.ascendency.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="gj572EiMnwbLXET9" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200311211051.hALApOp79560@fat_man.ascendency.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.5.1i X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.9 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=2.60 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.60 (1.212-2003-09-23-exp) on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Downgrading from current to release or stable? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2003 13:44:38 -0000 --gj572EiMnwbLXET9 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Nov 21, 2003 at 04:50:09AM -0600, Mike Loiterman wrote: > Is it possible or advisable to downgrade to stable or release from > current? I'm running 5.1-current now, but I'm think I should > probably switch to stable if possible. Down... -- er -- regrading to STABLE is certainly possible, but not what most people would think of as easy. One major stumpling block is that UFS2 in 5-CURRENT isn't supported in 4-STABLE, so unless you happened to specifically create all of your 5.x filesystems using the old UFS, you're going to have to wipe and re-install loads of stuff. If you do decide to jump to 4.9-STABLE then probably the simplest way to do things is to backup any data you need to save, make notes about exactly how you've configured your system, what ports you have installed and all the other customizations you've done, and then just re-install 4.9-STABLE from scratch. --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK --gj572EiMnwbLXET9 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/vhapdtESqEQa7a0RAqcCAKCEKZx96L4BpiSJc398ceHD52sXqACdG48w /2cu6UIwYcyb5528ywTtyYw= =MX6Y -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --gj572EiMnwbLXET9--