From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 1 13:40:55 2010 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 5222A1065679 for ; Mon, 1 Feb 2010 13:40:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mail25@bzerk.org) Received: from ei.bzerk.org (tunnel490.ipv6.xs4all.nl [IPv6:2001:888:10:1ea::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BA9818FC14 for ; Mon, 1 Feb 2010 13:40:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ei.bzerk.org (BOFH@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ei.bzerk.org (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id o11DenZA060971; Mon, 1 Feb 2010 14:40:49 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from mail25@bzerk.org) Received: (from bulk@localhost) by ei.bzerk.org (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id o11DenYe060970; Mon, 1 Feb 2010 14:40:49 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from mail25@bzerk.org) Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2010 14:40:48 +0100 From: Ruben de Groot To: Roland Smith Message-ID: <20100201134048.GA60852@ei.bzerk.org> Mail-Followup-To: Ruben de Groot , Roland Smith , Jeff Mitchell , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20100130225014.C36480@fw.skeleton.org> <20100131083351.GA26019@slackbox.xs4all.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20100131083351.GA26019@slackbox.xs4all.nl> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.3 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.2.5 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on ei.bzerk.org X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.0.1 (ei.bzerk.org [127.0.0.1]); Mon, 01 Feb 2010 14:40:53 +0100 (CET) Cc: Jeff Mitchell , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Help! Upgrade from fbsd 5.4 to 8.x 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, 01 Feb 2010 13:40:55 -0000 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