From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sat Feb 27 01:33:13 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CE2A5AB6AC0 for ; Sat, 27 Feb 2016 01:33:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sathiyarajmca@gmail.com) Received: from mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (mailman.ysv.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::50:5]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ABEA51ECB for ; Sat, 27 Feb 2016 01:33:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sathiyarajmca@gmail.com) Received: by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) id AB7E4AB6ABF; Sat, 27 Feb 2016 01:33:13 +0000 (UTC) Delivered-To: questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9149EAB6ABE for ; Sat, 27 Feb 2016 01:33:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sathiyarajmca@gmail.com) Received: from mail-io0-x234.google.com (mail-io0-x234.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4001:c06::234]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5CBDB1ECA for ; Sat, 27 Feb 2016 01:33:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sathiyarajmca@gmail.com) Received: by mail-io0-x234.google.com with SMTP id g203so139343843iof.2 for ; Fri, 26 Feb 2016 17:33:13 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc; bh=K0m35UHp0Fq1pIAjh6DpV0iFFqbbfYdKCOJLvpHkguA=; b=iTM71XxnZ3lwximwEQdS9QCQT4MTHIAbP+TsPbQE8mab7rBACggTsCvOI/85Sw173j 91b1/CmJBPrixu+V4jLOaERiy/bw4qZWRqeUYxP9nIx7Sau2WLARd4/3o/ZZLgBMK07Y fpGd9TN+yJmpeodkl4pyhQMquHul/7DiutiotOyUt+Kn+jqRA7yPbv+FbonhIkxfzZHg N3wEREYUiag2gdKwEOY+B9phtt+IYnL91/WJ9xEiZUtPyvKzEx/ZZPCRb7LMQ0AaNwiq 6zGvXbsD/8EWjoMxqMZAJTOXlw4n9cGi49Dq3tw9u7Ub7vYS0D7k/deTqTDLJC48g2DU 7OEA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc; bh=K0m35UHp0Fq1pIAjh6DpV0iFFqbbfYdKCOJLvpHkguA=; b=Td8ZvSi/kAnGTu6X1EwmG5ZN+t4IifUQH/hssRvqUYv4v47BYiUdWoKiZ2+1HufypQ 9ssQlh/EjYfUtLTmc8gmqRheDE3khkbWaW8hOq8Du1IOT+1b9LPanUHfMap3v9uZ6dKp 3/07bppJGvWjfGm5Z4jxZlVolKlfztvf31jrve5xCuvZ2glfiB7Cu7OMTfIz5F4zJ7v0 YTPTKJpPlxjjQKsPGUscuPTUUZHARkMAakpkLpVYqXU2GdZYv3At7Hvi2b+Skk6mLufR jAOSRDyLgYfjZRa0iRfQekhUt9jDiopFIRK2+/lN0yhCc0x61blTgaFd4Kb9KQbBD5Oh QvdQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AG10YOQ6SbZXxf+j68TW0xzZEE+FGH0esZnF4RCypQpDxP9r95zWvQobvSziDnKc7yuTNs2wluOz8MIy1WGQ4Q== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.107.17.137 with SMTP id 9mr10011798ior.45.1456536792389; Fri, 26 Feb 2016 17:33:12 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.64.83.131 with HTTP; Fri, 26 Feb 2016 17:33:12 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.64.83.131 with HTTP; Fri, 26 Feb 2016 17:33:12 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20160226194310.da698e3e.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <20160226161309.85976ddc.freebsd@edvax.de> <20160226165556.16940e82.freebsd@edvax.de> <20160226181832.86d5c3e4.freebsd@edvax.de> <20160226194310.da698e3e.freebsd@edvax.de> Date: Sat, 27 Feb 2016 07:03:12 +0530 Message-ID: Subject: Re: upgrade from 4.2 to 6.2 From: sathiyaraj v To: Polytropon Cc: questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.20 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 27 Feb 2016 01:33:14 -0000 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" 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, ... >