From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 30 18:32:23 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2B0BB16A4CE for ; Thu, 30 Dec 2004 18:32:23 +0000 (GMT) Received: from melon.pingpong.net (82.milagro.bahnhof.net [195.178.168.82]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3194C43D53 for ; Thu, 30 Dec 2004 18:32:22 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from girgen@pingpong.net) Received: from localhost (localhost.pingpong.net [127.0.0.1]) by melon.pingpong.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0908C4AC2E; Thu, 30 Dec 2004 19:32:21 +0100 (CET) Received: from melon.pingpong.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (melon.pingpong.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 40168-01-5; Thu, 30 Dec 2004 19:32:20 +0100 (CET) Received: from palle.girgensohn.se (1-2-8-5a.asp.sth.bostream.se [82.182.157.66]) by melon.pingpong.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 407604AC2B; Thu, 30 Dec 2004 19:32:20 +0100 (CET) Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 19:32:20 +0100 From: Palle Girgensohn To: Igor Pokrovsky , Paul Mather Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <20041230173656.GA2423@doom.homeunix.org> References: <05F0F09DEB66858D9B452FB8@palle.girgensohn.se> <20041229203601.GD10293@odin.ac.hmc.edu> <20041229210110.GA16903@odin.ac.hmc.edu> <44633F1A12BF90A756A3AB0F@palle.girgensohn.se> <41D323CF.8070701@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> <20041230173656.GA2423@doom.homeunix.org> X-Mailer: Mulberry/3.1.6 (Linux/x86) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at pingpong.net cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how to remote update 4.10 -> 5.3? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 18:32:23 -0000 --On torsdag, december 30, 2004 20.36.56 +0300 Igor Pokrovsky wrote: > On Wed, Dec 29, 2004 at 04:38:23PM -0500, Paul Mather wrote: >> Palle Girgensohn wrote: >> >> > I've tried the UPDATING instructions, both locally and remotely (the >> > latter failed ;-). But really, everything has to be reinstalled, ports >> > and the lot, so a new install is probably the best way... >> > >> >> That's not so bad. A reinstall means you can newfs your partitions as >> UFS2 filesystems, which wouldn't be the case if you upgraded 4.10 >> in-place. > > Are there any other advantages of UFS2 over UFS except maximum disk size? acl -- access control lists mac -- Mandatory Access Control haven't used them yet, though. /Palle