From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 7 04:21:56 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9929716A4CE for ; Wed, 7 Jan 2004 04:21:56 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.69.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8CED843D1F for ; Wed, 7 Jan 2004 04:21:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) i07CFpLc087610 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Wed, 7 Jan 2004 12:15:51 GMT (envelope-from matthew@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: (from matthew@localhost)id i07CFnMY087605; Wed, 7 Jan 2004 12:15:49 GMT (envelope-from matthew) Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2004 12:15:49 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman To: "Byung-hee H." Message-ID: <20040107121549.GC86459@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> Mail-Followup-To: "Byung-hee H." , freebsd-stable@freebsd.org References: <20040107104515.GA42786@izb.knu.ac.kr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="p2kqVDKq5asng8Dg" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040107104515.GA42786@izb.knu.ac.kr> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.5.1i X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.9 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=2.61 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.61 (1.212.2.1-2003-12-09-exp) on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 4.x -> 5.x X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 07 Jan 2004 12:21:56 -0000 --p2kqVDKq5asng8Dg Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Jan 07, 2004 at 07:45:15PM +0900, Byung-hee H. wrote: > i want upgrade from 4.x to 5.x > Can you tell me a way? The easiest way is to back up all your important files from your 4.x system and wipe your disk and do a clean install of 5.x on it. Then recover your stuff from the backup. This has a number of advantages: you can resize your partitions -- something that often needs to be done with a major bump in version numbers -- and you can create UFS2 filesystems. It is possible to upgrade from 4.x to 5.x by downloading the sources and compiling and installing. However, the procedure is fairly complex with all sorts of trickly 'gotchas' that have to be worked around. Not suitable for inexperienced users. See http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/src/UPDATING?rev=3D1.282.2.3&content-= type=3Dtext/x-cvsweb-markup for all of the gory details. Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK --p2kqVDKq5asng8Dg Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/+/h1dtESqEQa7a0RAnPHAJ9iaWhmoroFRnRk2VU5cmjx2WO2+wCgiREs RV+iiEpHh1frT3UaNT97H6k= =578U -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --p2kqVDKq5asng8Dg--