Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2011 22:46:15 +0200 From: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> To: Jaime Kikpole <jkikpole@cairodurham.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upgrading very old installation Message-ID: <20110715204615.GB12391@slackbox.erewhon.net> In-Reply-To: <CA%2Bsg5RQOYw=8RLN%2BkK7OznbJJkAE-BOPYz5LMK05gBRhKVJ4Vw@mail.gmail.com> References: <CA%2Bsg5RQOYw=8RLN%2BkK7OznbJJkAE-BOPYz5LMK05gBRhKVJ4Vw@mail.gmail.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 08:20:52AM -0400, Jaime Kikpole wrote: > I'm running a FreeBSD 6.x server that hasn't been updated in about 1.5 years. > > atlas:~>uname -mprs > FreeBSD 6.4-RELEASE-p8 i386 i386 > I've been using the cvsup/make method of upgrades for years and only > used freebsd-upgrade once. I'm not sure if either method can handle a > 6.x to 8.x upgrade. They are tested for upgrading to the next major version. Who knows if it will work across two major versions? Personally I wouldn't want to be the one ot try it out. :-) > I also have a bunch of ports in this server (e.g. apache, postfix, > etc.) Once the OS is updated, should I just portupgrade them all? Doesn't work reliably across major version updates. When updating to a newer major version, the best way is to delete all ports (save their config files of course), scrub the /usr/local tree clean and then re-install them. Matthews advice of re-installing 8.2 on a second harddrive is probably the easiest and safest way to go. Roland -- R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.17 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAk4gpxcACgkQEnfvsMMhpyXjNQCcDQV91B1ojYX9dtx9BUBP3cDG QBIAn3I+CmoYfB/sn1tmUzRrW85SWmIH =817C -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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