Date: Mon, 5 Sep 2005 09:56:15 -0400 From: jl@burghcom.com To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: who has experience about updating freebsd from 4.11 to 5.x Message-ID: <20050905095615.qfu5dtmsggog0kkg@atomic.burghcom.com> In-Reply-To: <002e01c5b209$abaae280$c700a8c0@lgq> References: <002e01c5b209$abaae280$c700a8c0@lgq>
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Quoting "liguoqiang\(126\)" <liguoqiang_0121@126.com>: > Hi, all: > I update my freebsd ver 4.11 by cvsup src-all tree. > It's successfully as below: > make buildworld > make buildkernel > make installkernel > But some errors appear when i make installworld: > It has been my experience that updating from one full version to another (3.x to 4.x, 4.x to 5.x) is better done by doing a clean binary install of the next version, then import/install software and users on the new system. I understand that this is not always an option, but I have had less problems this way than cvsup across full versions. Jeff Love Burgh Gaming ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program.
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