Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 14:40:31 +0200 From: Mel Flynn <mel.flynn+fbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: John Almberg <jalmberg@identry.com> Subject: Re: Upgrading from 6.3 to 7.1 -- how dangerous? Message-ID: <200904201440.31354.mel.flynn%2Bfbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> In-Reply-To: <FC65C191-F3D0-4DA3-95F3-7C4065E8C00C@identry.com> References: <FC65C191-F3D0-4DA3-95F3-7C4065E8C00C@identry.com>
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On Sunday 19 April 2009 19:06:55 John Almberg wrote: > I've thought about setting up a dummy server, just to practice on. Is > this a good idea? If this is to get a feel for the upgrade process, sure. But if the hardware is different, you won't be much wiser for the production box in question. I'm not upgrading a 6.4 for a client, because a previous upgrade to 7.0-STABLE hosed the data on the disk, due to an ata-regression. This is fixed most likely in 7.1-STABLE, but I'm not gambling just yet. Regressions are rare in FreeBSD (technically it's not a regression, the original 6.3 ran in UDMA mode and the 7.0 thought it could handle SATA, but it didn't), but they do happen. Either way with 7.2 around the corner, I would wait till that's out or do the testing with 7.2-PRERELEASE, since it's getting an awful lot of testing now. -- Mel
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