From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 27 14:48:57 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 972E616A400 for ; Sat, 27 Jan 2007 14:48:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from eric@mikestammer.com) Received: from smtp114.sbc.mail.re2.yahoo.com (smtp114.sbc.mail.re2.yahoo.com [68.142.229.91]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4135913C46C for ; Sat, 27 Jan 2007 14:48:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from eric@mikestammer.com) Received: (qmail 50507 invoked from network); 27 Jan 2007 14:48:56 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mail.mikestammer.com) (mikestammer@sbcglobal.net@70.131.134.249 with login) by smtp114.sbc.mail.re2.yahoo.com with SMTP; 27 Jan 2007 14:48:56 -0000 X-YMail-OSG: nzxvG4MVM1kMaeUdTbwkNg1EEUzskogo_JksXEdGVWy2zlZ76SDAcMGeX.yyuUh9oNiGUdVrUiqrpY88X7af.uCj6AdwUMcmtANNjvl6cmhYXoWJ67wNmPuWdi_KQr_1NCjUDsn7BqXpF00- Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.mikestammer.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id DAC601146C; Sat, 27 Jan 2007 08:48:55 -0600 (CST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at mikestammer.com Received: from mail.mikestammer.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (gondolin.middleearth.mikestammer.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id gD9zsdRszoqD; Sat, 27 Jan 2007 08:48:53 -0600 (CST) Received: from [192.168.0.22] (adsl-70-131-134-249.dsl.emhril.sbcglobal.net [70.131.134.249]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: eric) by mail.mikestammer.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id E36101141B; Sat, 27 Jan 2007 08:48:52 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <45BB6654.6040107@mikestammer.com> Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2007 08:48:52 -0600 From: Eric User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0b2 (Windows/20070116) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Dak Ghatikachalam References: <001201c74188$503d97c0$dc96eed5@ihlasnetym> <45BA655F.7060606@mikestammer.com> <45BA68F6.30809@mikestammer.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Halid Faith , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to upgrade an exist freebsd to freebsd6.2 ? 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: Sat, 27 Jan 2007 14:48:57 -0000 Dak Ghatikachalam wrote: > > > On 1/26/07, *Eric* > wrote: > > Dak Ghatikachalam wrote: > > > > > > On 1/26/07, *Eric* > > >> wrote: > > > > Halid Faith wrote: > > > I have a machine 6.0-RELEASE. How do I upgrade it to > Freebsd6.2 > > without any problem? > > > Could you advise a useful site about that ? > > > After upgrade, May a problem like cannot login the system > be ? > > > > > > > > people seem to like my instruction set: > > > > http://mikestammer.com/dokuwiki/bsd:updateos > > > > > > no issues reported yet! =) > > > > > > > > I could not access ? > > > > > > Permission Denied > > > > Sorry, you don't have enough rights to continue. Perhaps you > forgot to > > login? > > > > > > > > > > > sorry about that, give it a whirl now > > > Hi > > I browsed the page understood most part , I happened to read > theupgrade chapter in release notes, but I remember someone on this > list also mentioned to read from handbook, could not find that > > BTW: Does this upgrade procedure apply and can it be used to go from > 6.1 to 6.2 freeBSD too ? > > Thanks > DAk yes, it will work from any version of 6 and up. It should work fine in 7 unless the technique changes for some reason. Hope it helps you! =) Eric