From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Oct 16 14:31:02 2004 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 0AB0F16A4CE for ; Sat, 16 Oct 2004 14:31:02 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.llorien.org (mail.llorien.org [212.88.225.30]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6237D43D2D for ; Sat, 16 Oct 2004 14:31:01 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from h=freebsd-questions=freebsd.org=qxosxxes@erathia.be) Received: from localhost (mail.llorien.org) [127.0.0.1] by mail.llorien.org with esmtp (TLS-1.0:RSA_ARCFOUR_SHA:16) id=1CIpaE-00005w-1W for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sat, 16 Oct 2004 16:31:00 +0200 Received: from [213.118.66.12] (helo=D576420C.kabel.telenet.be) by mail.llorien.org with asmtp (SSL 3.0:RSA_ARCFOUR_MD5:16) (Exim 4.34) id 1CIpaD-00005t-DR for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sat, 16 Oct 2004 16:30:57 +0200 From: h To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2004 16:31:02 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.7 References: <693F51B4-1F7F-11D9-9B1A-000D9333E43C@secure-computing.net> In-Reply-To: <693F51B4-1F7F-11D9-9B1A-000D9333E43C@secure-computing.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200410161631.02144.h@erathia.be> X-Authenticated-Sender: h X-Spam-Score: 1.6 Subject: Re: Upgrade from 4.10-p3 to 5.3-BETA7 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: Sat, 16 Oct 2004 14:31:02 -0000 then stick with 4-stable. upgrading from 4-stable to 5.* without reinstall would be nothing else than a work of art. On Saturday 16 October 2004 16:26, Eric Crist wrote: > Hello list, > > I've tried in the past to complete an upgrade from 4.x to 5.x with > little luck. Most people I've talked to indicate the only way to > accomplish this is to do a complete reinstall. I was wondering if > anyone now has been able to do this. I have one system that does all > my server operations, and I can't afford to take it completely offline > for a rebuild. > > Any documents or information you might have would be helpful. > > Thanks! > > ----- > Eric F Crist > Secure Computing Networks