Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2005 14:24:41 +0100 (CET) From: Oliver Fromme <olli@lurza.secnetix.de> To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: upgrading 5.4 -> 6.0 without reinstalling. safe ? Message-ID: <200511091324.jA9DOfxm050439@lurza.secnetix.de> In-Reply-To: <E1EZp9T-0008i7-Kg@dilbert.firstcallgroup.co.uk>
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Pete French <petefrench@ticketswitch.com> wrote: > usually when I upgrade across major versions of BSD I wipe the whole > machine and re--install from scratch. But I understand that the move > to 6.0 from 5.4 is nowhere near such a big leap. > > So I was wondering hether I could just do this from source without any > ill effects, as if I was upgrading 5.4->5.5. That's exactly what I did. I installed a new machine from a 5.4-Release DVD-ROM, then updated to RELENG_5, and then went to RELENG_6 from there. The only special thing I had to do was to manually rm -rf /usr/obj, otherwise the build- world broke. Of course you should do take the usual precautions, i.e. have a reliable backup, read UPDATING, don't forget to run mergemaster etc. Best regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing Dienstleistungen mit Schwerpunkt FreeBSD: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd Any opinions expressed in this message may be personal to the author and may not necessarily reflect the opinions of secnetix in any way. "I have stopped reading Stephen King novels. Now I just read C code instead." -- Richard A. O'Keefe
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