From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 9 19:41:24 2010 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 8564C10656E8 for ; Thu, 9 Sep 2010 19:41:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from redtick@sbcglobal.net) Received: from web81205.mail.mud.yahoo.com (web81205.mail.mud.yahoo.com [68.142.199.109]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 29DE28FC22 for ; Thu, 9 Sep 2010 19:41:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 72733 invoked by uid 60001); 9 Sep 2010 19:14:43 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=sbcglobal.net; s=s1024; t=1284059682; bh=VnEF/M3oWLdytxgxeBJqTR4eGlFSKCeIApXat2YV6+0=; h=Message-ID:X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Date:From:Subject:To:Cc:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=TKa37jW29bGF1+hvOhO2z7l8luBODPkbS1uv9TJLHbHlHwtGrjfOl3pf5IuKdZzZHGxl9jYnWhDO91k17A9zbudeQzIc1TDhDxX5P9NOlSKOVMwg3T3l49iEvRhSQtlgyzO8BuVGgUZ6uCx8Oxy9s/Q2Ruy7rnM1xkyp2SgIlMc= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=sbcglobal.net; h=Message-ID:X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Date:From:Subject:To:Cc:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=oIzFdyyTffDvKHYywQIXDZs151UkmJmszVenQwpjKS6/bpsjPbOAcx0C0hSCy33NcfyzlEyev3LW8nBhEjcGzQljGc5n/qj6TZwdUW4vwTHRC7AHVkQn7w//WXy7DSbwguId0w7A9xhbXk5fwKuU5kTmpaAVDwV9o6QX9Rwt/XQ=; Message-ID: <923843.69747.qm@web81205.mail.mud.yahoo.com> X-YMail-OSG: itaM7awVM1kOH_KoBIJdmD9mu.9u8z4oe.NaMSA6SjpfpUu 9k4Ln0k79_7aZ_8oMm.xMa1oCI6XKamlOMssUf1m4kVvbVugk19skAEW1g3b XjJ.PvN8n0x.3BGyrurEcVQ2c2SvBdMd5pBcbGsA3lwie9UU4Fo0kjSG4qcu NVrbOyXegXp1gFdOv1KRLF_WNx6Y.CtNRy1qe7k2jCvYYTmSP5JbVyUTCcXZ Xz_114nHSb_qmOiw3mOWDLtAVXtIAMzqd5oPlTZ0z9DB9cwCGDhC9lQgsQsI XogBubaOqBzIHS2zRopBORHhvCdMBbscGd40Wm7AFg8YAFX2KVWdpS10LLgL ejR.ffKSXzXF2Y5k986dcJe2Z7kLaJQ-- Received: from [75.41.234.83] by web81205.mail.mud.yahoo.com via HTTP; Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:14:42 PDT X-Mailer: YahooMailClassic/11.4.7 YahooMailWebService/0.8.105.279950 Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2010 12:14:42 -0700 (PDT) From: Mark To: "Murray S. Kucherawy" In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: help help Subject: Re: freebsd-update question 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, 09 Sep 2010 19:41:24 -0000 --- On Thu, 9/9/10, Murray S. Kucherawy wrote: > From: Murray S. Kucherawy > Subject: freebsd-update question > To: questions@freebsd.org > Date: Thursday, September 9, 2010, 1:40 PM > Hi, >=20 > I'm reading http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/upd= ating-upgrading-freebsdupdate.html > in preparation for an update of a 6.2-RELEASE machine in a > colocation faciilty.=A0 However, that page says 6.3 or > later is needed to do it via the freebsd-update(8) > mechanism. >=20 > Are there any references for using freebsd-update for a 6.2 > installation, or am I looking at doing the update from > source as per > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/makeworld.html? >=20 > Thanks, > -MSK > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.o= rg" >=20 Depending on how the computer is used, to bring it up to 8.1 I'd backup dat= a, config files, make a list of installed software and do a reinstall. The = time it takes to build world, merg files and rebuild software a fresh insta= ll may be quicker than to try the jump from 6.2 to 8.1. YMMV