From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 4 18:33:57 2007 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 8BCDC16A46B for ; Tue, 4 Dec 2007 18:33:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cperciva@freebsd.org) Received: from pd3mo2so.prod.shaw.ca (idcmail-mo1so.shaw.ca [24.71.223.10]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E25D13C467 for ; Tue, 4 Dec 2007 18:33:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cperciva@freebsd.org) Received: from pd4mr4so.prod.shaw.ca (pd4mr4so-qfe3.prod.shaw.ca [10.0.141.215]) by l-daemon (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <0JSJ003JWFKKS410@l-daemon> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 04 Dec 2007 11:33:56 -0700 (MST) Received: from pn2ml8so.prod.shaw.ca ([10.0.121.152]) by pd4mr4so.prod.shaw.ca (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-7.05 (built Sep 5 2006)) with ESMTP id <0JSJ009E8FKGTWA0@pd4mr4so.prod.shaw.ca> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 04 Dec 2007 11:33:57 -0700 (MST) Received: from hexahedron.daemonology.net ([24.82.201.197]) by l-daemon (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with SMTP id <0JSJ00LGUFKGJM30@l-daemon> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 04 Dec 2007 11:33:52 -0700 (MST) Received: (qmail 4196 invoked from network); Tue, 04 Dec 2007 18:33:49 +0000 Received: from unknown (HELO hexahedron.daemonology.net) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; Tue, 04 Dec 2007 18:33:49 +0000 Date: Tue, 04 Dec 2007 10:33:49 -0800 From: Colin Percival In-reply-to: <47559C15.8040609@lipn.univ-paris13.fr> To: Le Cocq Michel Message-id: <47559D8D.8030603@freebsd.org> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.5 References: <47559C15.8040609@lipn.univ-paris13.fr> User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (X11/20071117) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: script to upgrade 6.0 to 6.2 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: Tue, 04 Dec 2007 18:33:57 -0000 Le Cocq Michel wrote: > can you tell me what you think about this article ? > I test on a computer in my lab, it seems to work, but I don't know > exactly what it does ? > > http://www.daemonology.net/blog/2006-11-26-freebsd-6.1-to-6.2-binary-upgrade.html I recommend following the instructions at http://www.daemonology.net/blog/2007-11-10-freebsd-minor-version-upgrade.html instead -- or more to the point, the version of FreeBSD Update which the newer article points at. It contains all the functionality of the older script plus some more (e.g., merging changes to configuration files) which you'll probably find useful when upgrading from 6.0. Colin Percival