From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 5 11:44:01 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C5AC616A4CE for ; Mon, 5 Apr 2004 11:44:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtpout.mac.com (smtpout.mac.com [17.250.248.84]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9EB3C43D53 for ; Mon, 5 Apr 2004 11:44:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from mac.com (smtpin01-en2 [10.13.10.146]) by smtpout.mac.com (8.12.6/MantshX 2.0) with ESMTP id i35Ii0aw002757; Mon, 5 Apr 2004 11:44:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [10.1.1.193] (nfw2.codefab.com [199.103.21.225] (may be forged)) (authenticated bits=0)i35IhxZ2013702; Mon, 5 Apr 2004 11:43:59 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v613) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Message-Id: <2C77E67C-8731-11D8-870C-003065ABFD92@mac.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Charles Swiger Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2004 14:43:47 -0400 To: Joseph Koenig X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.613) cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upgrade from 4.3 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 05 Apr 2004 18:44:01 -0000 On Apr 5, 2004, at 11:45 AM, Joseph Koenig wrote: > I have a server running FreeBSD 4.3 that I need to upgrade to the > current > production release (4.9). Can I upgrade this with the normal upgrade > process, or am I too far out of date to be able to do anything but > backup, > wipe the machine, and re-install? Thanks, Yes, you can upgrade via the normal upgrade process. Having backups is a really good idea, regardless of what approach you take. -- -Chuck