From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 15 16:46:40 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 894A0C39 for ; Thu, 15 Jan 2015 16:46:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mx1.webtent.net (mx1.webtent.net [208.38.145.4]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 56D70CCD for ; Thu, 15 Jan 2015 16:46:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mx1.webtent.net (WebTent ESMTP Postfix Internet Mail Exchange) with ESMTP id F35FBD7A64; Thu, 15 Jan 2015 11:46:22 -0500 (EST) Received: from mx1.webtent.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mx1.webtent.net [127.0.0.1]) (maiad, port 10024) with ESMTP id 51218-09; Thu, 15 Jan 2015 11:46:22 -0500 (EST) Received: from mx2.webtent.net (mx2.webtent.net [216.139.202.4]) by mx1.webtent.net (WebTent ESMTP Postfix Internet Mail Exchange) with ESMTP id 9A78AD7A33; Thu, 15 Jan 2015 11:46:22 -0500 (EST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mx2.webtent.net (WebTent ESMTP Postfix Internet Mail Exchange) with ESMTP id 98E6BD7B08; Thu, 15 Jan 2015 11:46:38 -0500 (EST) Received: from mx2.webtent.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mx2.webtent.net [127.0.0.1]) (maiad, port 10024) with ESMTP id 72571-10; Thu, 15 Jan 2015 11:46:37 -0500 (EST) Received: from [192.168.1.9] (CPE-76-177-123-62.natcky.res.rr.com [76.177.123.62]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: robert@mx2.webtent.net) by mx2.webtent.net (WebTent ESMTP Postfix Internet Mail Exchange) with ESMTPSA id B9F53D7B27; Thu, 15 Jan 2015 11:46:36 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <54B7EEEC.3070807@webtent.org> Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2015 11:46:36 -0500 From: Robert Fitzpatrick User-Agent: Postbox 3.0.11 (Windows/20140602) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Mike Clarke Subject: Re: Upgrading a FreeBSD 7.1 server References: <54B7E910.60206@webtent.org> <2320530.UhQR8an0Kq@curlew.lan> In-Reply-To: <2320530.UhQR8an0Kq@curlew.lan> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: WebTent Mailguard 1.0.3 X-Virus-Scanned: WebTent Mailguard 1.0.3 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2015 16:46:40 -0000 Mike Clarke wrote: > On Thursday 15 Jan 2015 11:21:36 Robert Fitzpatrick wrote: > >> Is it possible to upgrade a FreeBSD 7.1 server, perhaps a step up >> process to 8.4 first? We have a virtual server that we prefer not to >> reinstall all packages. > > Packages are not compatible between major revision levels of the OS so you'll > need to reinstall all your packages anyway whatever upgrade route you take. > Yes, of course, I should rephrase that, we'd like to not have to re-setup all software. I'd like to take the standard upgrade path and upgrade all packages after each step up and just deal with things that have changed with packages since the version we are running now. Since it is a VPS, we'll be able snapshot and go back to start over if something were to go terribly wrong. So, is it possible to use freebsd-update to go to 8.4? -- Robert