From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun May 22 13:20:09 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 581B1106564A for ; Sun, 22 May 2011 13:20:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from DStaal@usa.net) Received: from mail.magehandbook.com (173-8-4-45-WashingtonDC.hfc.comcastbusiness.net [173.8.4.45]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E43228FC08 for ; Sun, 22 May 2011 13:20:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.1.50] (Mac-Pro.magehandbook.com [192.168.1.50]) by mail.magehandbook.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id E5BE0AF4 for ; Sun, 22 May 2011 09:20:02 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sun, 22 May 2011 09:20:02 -0400 From: Daniel Staal To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <4DD8D7D1.5080503@webrz.net> References: <4DD8D7D1.5080503@webrz.net> X-Mailer: Mulberry/4.0.8 (Mac OS X) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Cc: Subject: Re: FreeBSD upgrade from 7.4 Stable to 8.2 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: FreeBSD Questions List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 22 May 2011 13:20:09 -0000 --As of May 22, 2011 11:30:57 AM +0200, Jos Chrispijn is alleged to have said: > Just read that a save upgrade from my current 7.4 version would be easy > by performing: > ># freebsd-update upgrade -r 8.2-RELEASE ># freebsd-update install ># shutdown -r now ># freebsd-update install > > Are there any pitfalls to this? --As for the rest, it is mine. That's a supported upgrade, so it should work fine. If you want to double-check anything, you could get the source for 8.2-RELEASE and read src/UPDATING. Note that most of those issues should be taken care of by the above process, but it will give you an idea of what major changes have been made that you should be aware of. I would of course do a backup before any major upgrade. Daniel T. Staal --------------------------------------------------------------- This email copyright the author. Unless otherwise noted, you are expressly allowed to retransmit, quote, or otherwise use the contents for non-commercial purposes. This copyright will expire 5 years after the author's death, or in 30 years, whichever is longer, unless such a period is in excess of local copyright law. ---------------------------------------------------------------