Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2006 12:47:19 -0600 From: Eric Anderson <anderson@centtech.com> To: Jan Knepper <jan@digitaldaemon.com> Cc: FreeBSD ISP <FreeBSD-ISP@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD 5.5 -> 6.1 for ISP purposes Message-ID: <45898537.1080103@centtech.com> In-Reply-To: <45896BD5.9030402@digitaldaemon.com> References: <4585A6B0.6010800@digitaldaemon.com> <45862C79.9080204@centtech.com> <45896BD5.9030402@digitaldaemon.com>
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On 12/20/06 10:59, Jan Knepper wrote: > Thanks! > > Any specific procedure you followed? > I tried: http://people.freebsd.org/~rse/upgrade/freebsd-upgrade-5x-6x.txt > But that does seem to have some minor problems as audit does not exist > in /etc/group for instance. I don't use those instructions, and I'm not sure what those really apply to exactly. I use what is recommended in /usr/src/UPDATING. First, I copy the new GENERIC, and make my changes like I had in my old kernel. I make sure I have COMPAT_FREEBSD5 in the new kernel. Then, something like: make buildworld make kernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE mergemaster -pmake installworld make delete-old mergemaster -i reboot That's what *I* do, but that isn't the recommended path from official @freebsd.org people. See /usr/src/UPDATING and read it carefully. > > Eric Anderson wrote: >> On 12/17/06 14:21, Jan Knepper wrote: >>> Hi... >>> >>> Currently running FreeBSD 5.5-STABLE, but am considering running >>> jails with ezjail however nullfs does not seem to be stable in 5.5. >>> >>> Has any of you upgrade a life system 5.x to 6.1-STABLE? Any serious >>> gotcha's? >>> >>> How is 6.1-STABLE for server purposes stability wise? (Dual Opteron >>> machines with 2 GB of RAM and 256GB SATA drives) >>> >>> Thanks! >>> Jan >> 6-STABLE is very solid. I've upgraded about 20 systems from 5.x to >> 6.x. One thing I did on all of them was to go to the latest 5-STABLE >> code first, then hop to 6-STABLE. I highly recommend 6-STABLE for the >> many many UFS/VFS bug fixes. >> >> Eric >> >> >> -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Anderson Sr. Systems Administrator Centaur Technology An undefined problem has an infinite number of solutions. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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