Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2004 20:09:55 -0500 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Looking for advice before upgrading 5.1-p17 to 5.3-p1 Message-ID: <20041126200955.2072155f.wmoran@potentialtech.com>
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Hey all. I've got a machine I'm hoping to upgrad per the subject line this weekend. This machine is 6 hours from me. I'm doing a remote upgrade via ssh, and if I screw up and have to call the colo facil, it's going to cost me big $$$. Does anyone have and stories, good or bad, regarding making a jump like this? Any advice or particular gotchas to watch out for? Considering the massive jump in technology, is it even possible to boot a 5.3 kernel on a 5.1 userland? Do I need to do the entire process before rebooting, or can I upgrade just the kernel and make sure it actually boots before installing world? Keep in mind that I have to do all this via ssh, so if sshd doesn't start after a reboot, I'm in a world of hurt. Advice? -- Bill Moran Potential Technologies http://www.potentialtech.com
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