From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 15 10:00:26 2008 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 927111065672 for ; Mon, 15 Dec 2008 10:00:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (gate6.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:2001:8b0:151:1::1]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1EF648FC1D for ; Mon, 15 Dec 2008 10:00:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from lack-of-gravitas.thebunker.net (gateway.ash.thebunker.net [213.129.64.4]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id mBFA0DZR090026 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Mon, 15 Dec 2008 10:00:20 GMT (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) X-DKIM: Sendmail DKIM Filter v2.7.2 smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk mBFA0DZR090026 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=infracaninophile.co.uk; s=200708; t=1229335220; bh=m36Nd2UGYhRlDa eAixJTeeQNywc1iMCq/tkWyeeq0Pg=; h=Message-ID:Date:From:MIME-Version: To:CC:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:Content-Type: Content-Transfer-Encoding:Cc:Content-Type:Date:From:In-Reply-To: Message-ID:Mime-Version:References:To; z=Message-ID:=20<49462AAC.3 000600@infracaninophile.co.uk>|Date:=20Mon,=2015=20Dec=202008=2010: 00:12=20+0000|From:=20Matthew=20Seaman=20|Organization:=20Infracaninophile|User-Agent:=20Thunderbird= 202.0.0.18=20(X11/20081202)|MIME-Version:=201.0|To:=20bg271828@yaho o.com|CC:=20freebsd-questions@freebsd.org|Subject:=20Re:=20Upgradin g=204.x=20install=20without=20doing=20clean=20reinstall?|References :=20<290903.93424.qm@web53403.mail.re2.yahoo.com>|In-Reply-To:=20<2 90903.93424.qm@web53403.mail.re2.yahoo.com>|X-Enigmail-Version:=200 .95.6|Content-Type:=20text/plain=3B=20charset=3DUTF-8=3B=20format=3 Dflowed|Content-Transfer-Encoding:=207bit; b=W6RVYeu97SRMP1znQsvokM FlRN4KOIfcxpL16KupQOvkO8ALvFn/p/uCNwU3brcGn5xLsgjy0Or4oUE81vnQlyWxZ o/m9K3f71Et6U7pCpD8K+/zJx2TjvTavGka6hrH6WCIaToRm8HAMSuWwe9X6s40zMhR p2O+jc0fH0hF/GM= Message-ID: <49462AAC.3000600@infracaninophile.co.uk> Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2008 10:00:12 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman Organization: Infracaninophile User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.18 (X11/20081202) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: bg271828@yahoo.com References: <290903.93424.qm@web53403.mail.re2.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <290903.93424.qm@web53403.mail.re2.yahoo.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.0.1 (smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.187.76.162]); Mon, 15 Dec 2008 10:00:20 +0000 (GMT) X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.94.2/8758/Mon Dec 15 08:17:20 2008 on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VERIFIED,SPF_FAIL autolearn=no version=3.2.5 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upgrading 4.x install without doing clean reinstall? 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: Mon, 15 Dec 2008 10:00:26 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: RIPEMD160 Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum wrote: | 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? Given that the machine started life running 4.7 its hard drives are probably pretty elderly by now. So why not build a new 7.0 system off-line on a brand new disk, copying all of the necessary configuration info from the old machine. Then send the replacement HDD to your datacenter and have the hard drive physically swapped out? If it all goes horribly wrong then your backout path is simply to replace the original hard drive. This will involve perhaps an hours downtime -- less if you have hot-swap drives. Given that it's a development box I'd hope that isn't a show-stopper. Cheers, Matthew - -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 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