Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2010 14:40:48 +0100 From: Ruben de Groot <mail25@bzerk.org> To: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> Cc: Jeff Mitchell <skeezix@skeleton.org>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Help! Upgrade from fbsd 5.4 to 8.x Message-ID: <20100201134048.GA60852@ei.bzerk.org> In-Reply-To: <20100131083351.GA26019@slackbox.xs4all.nl> References: <20100130225014.C36480@fw.skeleton.org> <20100131083351.GA26019@slackbox.xs4all.nl>
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On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 09:33:51AM +0100, Roland Smith typed: > On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 11:08:05PM -0500, Jeff Mitchell wrote: > > > o Some of the executables on this box are without source but I > > still need them to run; short of moving them to a VM and doing some > > voodoo, what are the chances a binary built for fbsd 5.x works fine in > > 8.x? (earlier fbsd's had the break between gcc versions, but I'm rather > > The GENERIC kernel in 8.0 comes with the COMPAT_FREEBSD5 option by default, so > the only thing you need to do is to install the misc/compat5x port. That is, if the executables weren't dependent on compat[2-4] options in the kernel on the old server ;) > > 3 - yank the drive, slap a giant new fat drive in there, do a full > > fbsd 8.0 install, and then migration from old drive as needed > > Definitely #3. Yes, you could even try coying the entire old disk to a subdirectory and running that as a jail. Should bring you up quickly, giving you more time to migrate all applications proper. Ruben
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