From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 20 08:19:27 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 9CCCE1065679 for ; Thu, 20 Oct 2011 08:19:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from odhiambo@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ey0-f182.google.com (mail-ey0-f182.google.com [209.85.215.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 29BB18FC19 for ; Thu, 20 Oct 2011 08:19:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: by eyd10 with SMTP id 10so3423608eyd.13 for ; Thu, 20 Oct 2011 01:19:26 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type; bh=BCRQ7KaI2+ambVFCxmVGhThuSiEIadev1v5ej/zNAww=; b=rg5pSTJXC7Lz0R8wOaO1RpL56Wl3/0fFj+iJ3QGpmOlz7ByFGq/zzztx702CkBb492 bD0+yAE48CPKLMy1/Pwl9WctTmwDKustZzC3ZioAct+vcKb2qRyaPVvKgFqrdEWZCCPA OJfD2NAmmXSAzlX1tUWcOVmit7o08Lw9Ttnic= Received: by 10.213.13.129 with SMTP id c1mr1976085eba.75.1319098764151; Thu, 20 Oct 2011 01:19:24 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.213.105.211 with HTTP; Thu, 20 Oct 2011 01:18:44 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: From: Odhiambo Washington Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2011 11:18:44 +0300 Message-ID: To: Kurt Buff Content-Type: multipart/related; boundary=0015174beab242cb1c04afb69daf X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upgrading from 6.2-RELEASE? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2011 08:19:27 -0000 --0015174beab242cb1c04afb69daf Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 21:55, Kurt Buff wrote: > I have gotten custody of an old machine running the aforementioned, > and it's in production. I can take it down for a couple of hours if > necessary, but would prefer to have it down as little as possible. > > What are my options for getting it to a supported release - looking at > the handbook it doesn't appear the the freebsd-update utility will > work in this case, as it's not 6.3? Can I, for instance, boot from a > CD of a supported version and do an upgrade, or am I stuck doing a > download of sorce for 7.0-RELEASE, compiling that, and then an > freebsd-update to 7.4? > > You can ignore everything you have been told so far and head to http://people.freebsd.org/~rse/upgrade/ and follow the procedures there, one at a time, and you will be able to update your box all the way to FreeBSD 9.x !! I have used them before to upgrade several boxes. I prompted RSE to write the 8.x->9.x procedure and I tested it step by step and I am currently running 9.0-BETA3 on one of my boxes: [wash@jaribu ~]$ uname -a FreeBSD jaribu.kictanet.or.ke 9.0-BETA3 FreeBSD 9.0-BETA3 #0: Fri Oct 7 14:11:20 EAT 2011 root@jaribu.kictanet.or.ke:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GW i386 So what you need is to upgrade to RELENG_6 first, using csup/cvsup, then start the procedures of 6.x-7.x, 7.x->8.x and if you want, 8.x->9.x Good luck! -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ I can't hear you -- I'm using the scrambler. Please consider the environment before printing this email. --0015174beab242cb1c04afb69daf--