Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 00:25:03 +0200 From: Ivan Voras <ivoras@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upgrade v5.x to v7.0 Message-ID: <g7qe80$ogs$1@ger.gmane.org> In-Reply-To: <p05200f3bc4c60066097d@[192.168.2.249]> References: <p05200f3bc4c60066097d@[192.168.2.249]>
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This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig98F63D34149755367681AA41 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Vince Sabio wrote: > I am currently running FreeBSD v5.1 (yes, I am a Bad Person(tm)), and=20 > need to update it to v7.0. Questions: >=20 > 1. Can I go straight from v5.1 to v7.0? Or do I need to make a stop at = > v6.x? Theoretically it might be possible but definitely not recommended. 5.1=20 is very old (it's not even labeled STABLE - are you sure "FreeBSD=20 updates" track such old releases?) and there might be unexpected problems= =2E > 2. I'm Unix shell literate with a reasonable level of Solaris sysadmin = > experience, but have no experience (yet) with FreeBSD updates. Is ther= e=20 > a site with step-by-step instructions for the uninitiated, to help=20 > minimize Pr(failure)? >=20 > 3. Anything else I should know? You probably don't want to do it with binary upgrades, for many reasons, = including unexpected problems (i.e. possibility of ending up with a=20 system so messed up nobody could help you restore it). Do a source=20 upgrade to 6.0 then to 7.0 - it's not hard. For best effects, you need=20 to also recompile all additional ports installed on the server=20 (actually, you *can* run ports compiled for 5.x on 7.x but as soon as=20 you need to upgrade one of them, you'll probably need to upgrade all or=20 most of them because of cross-dependencies). --------------enig98F63D34149755367681AA41 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFIoLw/ldnAQVacBcgRAqBtAJ9kPB3xI/kQJCISEZcFx5IM8qjx/gCg3Bh9 rw87PgdvkUORquXN52G9mXI= =y5Z9 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig98F63D34149755367681AA41--
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