From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 27 14:32:02 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 DE9C11065688 for ; Tue, 27 Jul 2010 14:32:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from itmngr@cooperationireland.org) Received: from smtp4.irishbroadband.ie (smtp4.irishbroadband.ie [62.231.32.17]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 90DB48FC21 for ; Tue, 27 Jul 2010 14:32:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [62.231.53.178] (helo=mail.cooperationireland.org) by smtp4.irishbroadband.ie with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.67 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1OdkR4-0008Xg-47 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 27 Jul 2010 14:43:10 +0100 Received: from [199.107.2.100] ([199.107.2.100]) (authenticated bits=0) by mail.cooperationireland.org (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id o6RE0jNw040015 for ; Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:00:46 +0100 (IST) (envelope-from itmngr@cooperationireland.org) Message-Id: From: Michael Doyle To: FreeBSD Mailing List Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v936) Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:02:48 +0100 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.936) X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 required=4.0 tests=AWL, BAYES_00, RDNS_NONE, TW_BD, TW_BF, TW_CB, TW_DR, TW_II, TW_KB, TW_TK, TW_UH, TW_XB, TW_XC, TW_XF autolearn=no version=3.2.5 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on mail.cooperationireland.org X-Scan-Signature: cd683516001ae09907a3ec850b0cdfc3 Subject: Upgrade 6.4-stable to 7.3 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: Tue, 27 Jul 2010 14:32:03 -0000 I would like to upgrade a server that is currently running version 6.4 up to version 7.3 Having looked at /usr/src/UPDATING on a 7.3 machine, I don't see any major problems flagged. Given that I have console access to this machine, and I want to preserve the user directories (it's our mail server) would I be better off doing a source upgrade or a binary upgrade? In the past, I've usually done a wipe-and-reinstall when moving between major version numbers but I would rather avoid that this time around. Also, would people recommend staying with version 7.3 or jumping all the way to version 8.1 ? Output of dmesg below: FreeBSD 6.4-STABLE #16: Mon Jul 26 22:41:28 IST 2010 root@mail.cooperationireland.org:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC ACPI APIC Table: Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0 CPU: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.80GHz (2800.11-MHz 686-class CPU) Origin = "GenuineIntel" Id = 0xf41 Stepping = 1 Features = 0xbfebfbff < FPU ,VME ,DE ,PSE ,TSC ,MSR ,PAE ,MCE ,CX8 ,APIC ,SEP ,MTRR ,PGE ,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CLFLUSH,DTS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE> Features2=0x641d AMD Features=0x20100000 Logical CPUs per core: 2 real memory = 1073479680 (1023 MB) avail memory = 1037283328 (989 MB) ioapic0: Changing APIC ID to 2 ioapic1: Changing APIC ID to 3 ioapic0 irqs 0-23 on motherboard ioapic1 irqs 32-55 on motherboard kbd1 at kbdmux0 ath_hal: 0.9.20.3 (AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, RF5111, RF5112, RF2413, RF5413) hptrr: HPT RocketRAID controller driver v1.1 (Jul 26 2010 22:41:10) acpi0: on motherboard acpi0: Power Button (fixed) Timecounter "ACPI-fast" frequency 3579545 Hz quality 1000 acpi_timer0: <24-bit timer at 3.579545MHz> port 0x808-0x80b on acpi0 acpi_hpet0: iomem 0xfed00000-0xfed003ff on acpi0 Timecounter "HPET" frequency 14318180 Hz quality 900 cpu0: on acpi0 pcib0: port 0xcf8-0xcff on acpi0 pci0: on pcib0 pcib1: at device 1.0 on pci0 pci1: on pcib1 pcib2: at device 28.0 on pci0 pci2: on pcib2 pcib3: at device 0.0 on pci2 pci3: on pcib3 pcib4: at device 28.4 on pci0 pci4: on pcib4 bge0: mem 0xfe8f0000-0xfe8fffff irq 16 at device 0.0 on pci4 miibus0: on bge0 brgphy0: on miibus0 brgphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, 1000baseT, 1000baseT-FDX, auto bge0: Ethernet address: 00:12:3f:2a:1a:ee pcib5: at device 28.5 on pci0 pci5: on pcib5 uhci0: port 0xcce0-0xccff irq 20 at device 29.0 on pci0 uhci0: [GIANT-LOCKED] usb0: on uhci0 usb0: USB revision 1.0 uhub0: Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1 uhub0: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered uhci1: port 0xccc0-0xccdf irq 21 at device 29.1 on pci0 uhci1: [GIANT-LOCKED] usb1: on uhci1 usb1: USB revision 1.0 uhub1: Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1 uhub1: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered uhci2: port 0xcca0-0xccbf irq 22 at device 29.2 on pci0 uhci2: [GIANT-LOCKED] usb2: on uhci2 usb2: USB revision 1.0 uhub2: Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1 uhub2: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered ehci0: mem 0xfeb00400-0xfeb007ff irq 20 at device 29.7 on pci0 ehci0: [GIANT-LOCKED] usb3: EHCI version 1.0 usb3: wrong number of companions (7 != 3) usb3: companion controllers, 2 ports each: usb0 usb1 usb2 usb3: on ehci0 usb3: USB revision 2.0 uhub3: Intel EHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 2.00/1.00, addr 1 uhub3: 6 ports with 6 removable, self powered pcib6: at device 30.0 on pci0 pci6: on pcib6 pci6: at device 5.0 (no driver attached) isab0: at device 31.0 on pci0 isa0: on isab0 atapci0: port 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6,0x170-0x177,0x376,0xfc00-0xfc0f at device 31.1 on pci0 ata0: on atapci0 ata1: on atapci0 atapci1: port 0xcc98-0xcc9f, 0xcc90-0xcc93,0xcc80-0xcc87,0xcc78-0xcc7b,0xcc60-0xcc6f mem 0xfeb00000-0xfeb003ff irq 20 at device 31.2 on pci0 ata2: on atapci1 ata3: on atapci1 pci0: at device 31.3 (no driver attached) fdc0: port 0x3f0-0x3f5,0x3f7 irq 6 drq 2 on acpi0 fdc0: [FAST] fd0: <1440-KB 3.5" drive> on fdc0 drive 0 atkbdc0: port 0x60,0x64 irq 1 on acpi0 atkbd0: irq 1 on atkbdc0 kbd0 at atkbd0 atkbd0: [GIANT-LOCKED] psm0: irq 12 on atkbdc0 psm0: [GIANT-LOCKED] psm0: model IntelliMouse Explorer, device ID 4 sio0: <16550A-compatible COM port> port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on acpi0 sio0: type 16550A pmtimer0 on isa0 orm0: at iomem 0xc0000-0xc7fff,0xc8000-0xc8fff, 0xec000-0xeffff on isa0 ppc0: parallel port not found. sc0: at flags 0x100 on isa0 sc0: VGA <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x300> sio1: configured irq 3 not in bitmap of probed irqs 0 sio1: port may not be enabled vga0: at port 0x3c0-0x3df iomem 0xa0000-0xbffff on isa0 Timecounter "TSC" frequency 2800113855 Hz quality 800 Timecounters tick every 1.000 msec hptrr: no controller detected. acd0: CDRW at ata0-master UDMA33 ad4: 152627MB at ata2-master SATA150 Michael Doyle Network Administrator, Co-operation Ireland mdoyle@cooperationireland.org http://www.cooperationireland.org/ Co-operation Ireland Events: http://www.cooperationireland.org/supportus/overview Phone: +353-1-6610588 Fax: +353-1-6618456 Mobile: 00353-87-2357853