Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2002 01:09:49 -0800 (PST) From: Annelise Anderson <andrsn@andrsn.stanford.edu> To: rshea@opendoor.co.nz Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Too difficult for you ? (was : Upgrade 3.4 -> 4.4) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10201100104030.28141-100000@andrsn.stanford.edu> In-Reply-To: <3C3DC1E9.9668.4D7D8C@localhost>
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On Thu, 10 Jan 2002 rshea@opendoor.co.nz wrote: > Hi - Well I got zero replies from this one yesterday. I guess it was either too > easy or too difficult - I wonder which ? I can't find anything in the Handbook > or in 'Complete FreeBSD' which discusses this situation - am I missing > something obvious ? Seems like a situation a lot of people must have been > through ... > > Once again then ... > > > Hi - I've got a 3.4 machine I want to upgrade to 4.4. I've got the 4 > > CD's ready to go and I suspect that if I just stuffed the install CD > > in I would get told what to do but this machine is rather important to > > me so ... can anyone explain what's going to happen if I try to > > upgrade 3.4 to 4.4. > > > > In particular : > > > > 1. what's going to happen to the existing installations of : > > > > Apache/PHP > > MySQL > > Samba > > NATD > > IPFW > > Perl > > > > I'm hoping that they will be effectively untouched (with the possible > > exception of IPFW - see question 2) is that correct ? > > > > 2. I recompiled the Kernel to support running IPFW after the initial > > installation was done. Am I going to have to redo that or is there > > some option I can take during the install to achieve the same effect ? > > > > 3. What's going to happen to users/groups etc ? > > > > 4. Are config files such as inetd.conf going to get overwritten ? > Difficult enough that you might be better off reinstalling. The upgrade process "across versions" is complex, and you might not be able to do it in one leap. See /usr/src/UPDATING. Your installed third-party software won't be touched, but some of it may need upgrading to run. Your /etc directory will not be touched by an upgrade from source, but you'll need to merge /usr/src/etc with mergemaster, which can be tricky when you haven't done it before. IPFW has changed. In any case you will need a kernel rebuild. Usually this is done after a buildworld, and the new kernel is installed and booted to make sure it runs (at this point you can still boot the old kernel and you've still got the old system). A great deal has been written about this, mostly on the -stable mailing list, some on -questions. Annelise -- Annelise Anderson Author of: FreeBSD: An Open-Source Operating System for Your PC Available from: BSDmall.com and amazon.com Book Website: http://www.bittreepress.com/FreeBSD/introbook/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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