From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 20 12:40:34 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 12EE910656D4 for ; Mon, 20 Apr 2009 12:40:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mel.flynn+fbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net) Received: from mailhub.rachie.is-a-geek.net (rachie.is-a-geek.net [66.230.99.27]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D6F8E8FC0C for ; Mon, 20 Apr 2009 12:40:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mel.flynn+fbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net) Received: from sarevok.dnr.servegame.org (mailhub.lan.rachie.is-a-geek.net [192.168.2.11]) by mailhub.rachie.is-a-geek.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id C80427E837; Mon, 20 Apr 2009 04:40:32 -0800 (AKDT) From: Mel Flynn To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 14:40:31 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.11.2 (FreeBSD/8.0-CURRENT; KDE/4.2.2; i386; ; ) References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200904201440.31354.mel.flynn+fbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> Cc: John Almberg Subject: Re: Upgrading from 6.3 to 7.1 -- how dangerous? 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: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 12:40:34 -0000 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