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Date:      Fri, 13 Jan 2006 15:40:02 -0500
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        Crispy Beef <crispy.beef@ntlworld.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Kent Stewart <kstewart@owt.com>
Subject:   Re: 4.6-RELEASE to 6.0-RELEASE...
Message-ID:  <20060113204002.GE47416@xor.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <43C628D2.3070500@ntlworld.com>
References:  <43C540A1.7060805@ntlworld.com> <200601111059.21012.kstewart@owt.com> <43C628D2.3070500@ntlworld.com>

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On Thu, Jan 12, 2006 at 10:00:50AM +0000, Crispy Beef wrote:
> >There have been major changes in processes such as threads. You also=20
> >have to boot the 5.3 update in single user mode to have a kernel that=20
> >accepts the new arrangement and then install the userland. Before 5.1=20
> >or 5.2 it didn't matter much but there was an fs change that you update=
=20
> >in single user mode or boot the fix disc to finish the botched update.
> >
> >You also have the problem that probably none of your ports from 4.x will=
=20
> >work at 6.0. This could take quite a bit of time to upgrade.
>=20
> One advantage is that I didn't really bother with the ports on that serve=
r,=20
> I rolled my own apps as I wasn't totally up with the ports system at the=
=20
> time, just seemed easier until I go the hang of it, so I probably would g=
o=20
> for a fresh install of ports and get the latest versions of software=20
> installed that way.

You'll need to delete them all by hand somehow, of course.  Otherwise
you'll have conflicts between your old and new stuff.

> The server is used for web hosting so I only really need to save out a fe=
w=20
> config files for virtual hosts etc. and the email directories.
>=20
> It's sounding as though it might be easier just to have an hour or two of=
=20
> downtime late one night and do a fresh install...

Yes, this will be easiest (or use sysinstall's 'upgrade' mode).
Unless you have a serial console, doing the src upgrade will be hard
and prone to dramatic failure.

Kris

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