Date: Sat, 27 Feb 2016 07:03:12 +0530 From: sathiyaraj v <sathiyarajmca@gmail.com> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: upgrade from 4.2 to 6.2 Message-ID: <CAGCgGAWgj35nFef5SixJ0b=Z2p0z=0DQZj7Bs4-TrKkapAJ8ew@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20160226194310.da698e3e.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <CAGCgGAUCkcmz6wr9SwP=PmV8YWtWrJ8nCAT6qhS7x3opZYy32g@mail.gmail.com> <20160226161309.85976ddc.freebsd@edvax.de> <CAGCgGAVqmD5PO4xR9y=LJ7SkHOE5XaPPWWpAp0Yd13mk3YyZzA@mail.gmail.com> <20160226165556.16940e82.freebsd@edvax.de> <CAGCgGAUGFanxSrVQCdOkB1qxtUUp1LKqhYDsH-ySMjOfiEktWA@mail.gmail.com> <20160226181832.86d5c3e4.freebsd@edvax.de> <CAGCgGAXvtyZqBoU3dNPkm9LMLnanzZzyDCv2apHUxifRxyKWyQ@mail.gmail.com> <20160226194310.da698e3e.freebsd@edvax.de>
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Thank you. Is the archives common for PPC also? I saw i386 as directory name. Thanks, Sathya V On Feb 27, 2016 12:13 AM, "Polytropon" <freebsd@edvax.de> wrote: > On Fri, 26 Feb 2016 22:58:31 +0530, sathiyaraj v wrote: > > Thanks Polytropon. I don't have any specific reason not to upgrade latest > > one. I thought it may require my older driver support need to be aligned > to > > support these new version. > > That may be a valid reason. Check the documentation of the > driver with the current FreeBSD version and see if your > devices are still listed as being supported. Additionally, > there is also a memstick image (for USB sticks) which you > can try to boot from. Disc 1 can also be used to check things > before you start overwriting your current installtion. > > The images can be found here: > > http://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/ISO-IMAGES/10.2/ > > So if you _can_, use a supported version of FreeBSD (10.2 > is suggested) to reduce upcoming trouble. Use an older version > only if needed. > > > > > By the way I am not able to find older release code like 4.2,4.5 etc... > in > > the FTP repository. Is it still accessible? If so Can you please tell me > > where it is? > > Yes, those are located in the ftp archive (as they are not > considered supported releases): > > http://ftp-archive.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD-Archive/old-releases/i386/ > > > > > -- > Polytropon > Magdeburg, Germany > Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 > Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... >
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