Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2000 22:07:43 -0500 From: "James A. Mutter" <jmutter@ds.net> To: cjclark@home.com Cc: Ryuhei Tanabe <ryu@ryu.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Why should I upgrade from 2.2.8 to 3.4 Message-ID: <38ACB77F.426D8281@ds.net> References: <20000216072546.RDPI28348.mta04.onebox.com@onebox.com> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0002152357380.54931-100000@freefall.freebsd. org> <4.2.0.58.J.20000216100126.00a5b210@mail.webjapan.com> <20000217220642.B53575@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com>
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> > I'm currently running freebsd 2.2.8-stable on my machine. Well of course, > > I ve been thinking of upgrading my server to 3.x-stable. > > But I'm sort of scared of that I might just screw my server when I upgrade it. > > Is there any specific things, I should be very careful when upgrading > > Freebsd from 2.2.8 to 3.x ? > > > > Thanks in advance. > > To start with, > > 1) New boot blocks. > > 2) Incompatible wtmp and utmp between versions. > > 3) Rebuild shared-lib hints. Finally - if you're worried about breaking something during the upgrade you can always take what I call the "preferred path", backup/reinstall/migrate. Jim To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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