Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2008 01:13:54 -0800 (PST) From: "Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum" <bg271828@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Upgrading 4.x install without doing clean reinstall? Message-ID: <290903.93424.qm@web53403.mail.re2.yahoo.com>
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I have a server that was running Free BSD 4.7 for a number of years. I DO NOT have easy physical access to it, its in a datacenter and i cant get to it myself or at this point rely on anyone there to put in a new install disk or anything.
Ive replaced this server with a new one for production use, running 7.0, so now that this one is no longer live, id like to update it to 7.x so i can continue to use it as a dev box. However since i dont have direct access to it, i need to update it cleanly, so that it doesnt fall off the net or otherwise stop working during the process.
Is there any clean way of doing this? If I have to upgrade to 5.x, then 6.x, then 7.x it will take forever and probably break something in the process. Can i make the jump directly, still keeping everything working?
Thanks!
Jen
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