From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 19 19:01:33 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 2CCFD1065670 for ; Wed, 19 Oct 2011 19:01:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from amvandemore@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ey0-f182.google.com (mail-ey0-f182.google.com [209.85.215.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ACCE68FC12 for ; Wed, 19 Oct 2011 19:01:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: by eyd10 with SMTP id 10so2718028eyd.13 for ; Wed, 19 Oct 2011 12:01:31 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=mABuwcbLbq+wC90XVzufBbq6f2321CY4kJK9HY8H78Q=; b=lfa6d3191hlTXws2pZFgrJZGJp4R80nvWe6azwupoQzpPXkdbfhTdUSAsBfKZdwF9V 7EWjp2a7A95MdIP+EdkxqpR9+oudWRj31sbaY7wdJQbwO3xVY+Fv562sr1wIANgAQbUE 4V5vATH1W1QFHddoWJX3TA6UF+VR3S3PxV76Y= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.223.76.27 with SMTP id a27mr12840090fak.26.1319050891610; Wed, 19 Oct 2011 12:01:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.223.124.197 with HTTP; Wed, 19 Oct 2011 12:01:31 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2011 14:01:31 -0500 Message-ID: From: Adam Vande More To: Kurt Buff Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 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 19:01:33 -0000 On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 1:55 PM, Kurt Buff wrote: > 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? > You're probably best off to go 6.2 -> 6_3 then do your freebsd-update stuff. I don't think the upgrading from CD works -- at least I've heard some horror stories. -- Adam Vande More