From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 19 18:55:33 2011 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 B34D41065670 for ; Wed, 19 Oct 2011 18:55:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kurt.buff@gmail.com) Received: from mail-wy0-f182.google.com (mail-wy0-f182.google.com [74.125.82.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 480968FC0C for ; Wed, 19 Oct 2011 18:55:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wyi40 with SMTP id 40so2670422wyi.13 for ; Wed, 19 Oct 2011 11:55:32 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=Jf8wGmwapOv0bk+LePqoWFxi2xSLdP7LF9WOM0adNyM=; b=PyIQCpjo5yiHv/V9QsXt9RW5nDR1HP1+Y5aJsvkJ/eCz6z0h87waPcE8u1qV/mdRed 3EpAE+QYqbPaFjZDsl3tp36jS5Y4nZwkjWDdaNYDoWN5g/ZWekA//ZYlEDiWANvwyKgU LQjS+csC4bGh3eIKhEnmul/dQ3KvhUCxnDCv8= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.216.221.80 with SMTP id q58mr557367wep.36.1319050532268; Wed, 19 Oct 2011 11:55:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.216.26.213 with HTTP; Wed, 19 Oct 2011 11:55:32 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2011 11:55:32 -0700 Message-ID: From: Kurt Buff To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Subject: Upgrading from 6.2-RELEASE? 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: Wed, 19 Oct 2011 18:55:33 -0000 I have gotten custody of an old machine running the aforementioned, and it's in production. I can take it down for a couple of hours if necessary, but would prefer to have it down as little as possible. What are my options for getting it to a supported release - looking at the handbook it doesn't appear the the freebsd-update utility will work in this case, as it's not 6.3? Can I, for instance, boot from a CD of a supported version and do an upgrade, or am I stuck doing a download of sorce for 7.0-RELEASE, compiling that, and then an freebsd-update to 7.4? Thanks, Kurt