Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2011 11:18:44 +0300 From: Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo@gmail.com> To: Kurt Buff <kurt.buff@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upgrading from 6.2-RELEASE? Message-ID: <CAAdA2WNqU74au28bKOogUdi5FJQQJx1rDPA56QZAP66X8CUu7Q@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CADy1Ce6F5NSXYgORtrch8QUigkgaGX6yQCBUv0DMNK3JmqmroQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <CADy1Ce6F5NSXYgORtrch8QUigkgaGX6yQCBUv0DMNK3JmqmroQ@mail.gmail.com>
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--0015174beab242cb1c04afb69daf Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 21:55, Kurt Buff <kurt.buff@gmail.com> 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--
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