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Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2003 17:42:16 +0000 (GMT)
From: 520023893678-0001@t-online.de (P. U. Kruppa)
To: Johannes Angeldorff <johannes2@smartnet.se>
Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: Good way of upgrading from FreeBSD 4.5?
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On Thu, 6 Feb 2003, Johannes Angeldorff wrote:

> Dear FreeBSD:ers,
>
> I am happy to use FreeBSD for web, mail and applications serving. But
> when I come to the question about how to upgrade to a newer FreeBSD
> version, I really could need your expertise!
I think this is what you would call a production machine.
You shouldn't experiment with the so called Technology Release
5.0 then, but upgrade to 4.7 .

The simpliest way to do this, is to download the iso-image, boot
it and follow the upgrade instructions in the menu.

Regards,

Uli.

>
> We have two FreeBSD 4.5 boxes. Both boxes have been installed with
> FreeBSD 4.5 from CD, and then tweaked with reconfigured kernels and a
> few applications installed, mainly qmail (replacing sendmail),
> mod-php, mysql, pico and a few more. Both boxes have around 25 users
> each. Both boxes have tweaked settings in /etc/rc.conf and some other
> /etc/-files.
>
> My question is, if anyone can give a hint on how to upgrade safely
> from FreeBSD 4.5 to FreeBSD 5.0...?
>
> If we download FreeBSD 5.0 and install it on our FreeBSD 4.5 boxes,
> what will we have to do? Is there risk that all settings, contents
> and installed applications will be erased?
>
> Very thankful for all help on this matter...!
> --
> Regards,
> Smartnet Sverige AB
>
> Johannes Angeldorff
>
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