From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 9 10:31:58 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 D3CDD16A4CE for ; Mon, 9 Feb 2004 10:31:58 -0800 (PST) Received: from simmts12-srv.bellnexxia.net (simmts12.bellnexxia.net [206.47.199.141]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 725A543D1F for ; Mon, 9 Feb 2004 10:31:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from techservices@onlinehobbyist.com) Received: from freebie.perlnerd.com ([67.70.139.160]) by simmts12-srv.bellnexxia.netESMTP <20040209183155.KNMY22720.simmts12-srv.bellnexxia.net@freebie.perlnerd.com> for ; Mon, 9 Feb 2004 13:31:55 -0500 Received: from onlinehobbyist.com (monster [192.168.1.181]) by freebie.perlnerd.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i19IVoim027171 for ; Mon, 9 Feb 2004 13:31:50 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from techservices@onlinehobbyist.com) Message-ID: <4027D21A.2030409@onlinehobbyist.com> Date: Mon, 09 Feb 2004 13:31:54 -0500 From: Clint Gilders Organization: OnlineHobbyist.com, Inc. User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.5) Gecko/20031007 X-Accept-Language: en, fr-ca, de, en-us MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org References: <4027CD9E.4010508@spamcop.net> <1076351091.19840.43.camel@lanshark.dmv.com> In-Reply-To: <1076351091.19840.43.camel@lanshark.dmv.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Problems upgrading from 4.1.1 to 4_9_RELENG 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: Mon, 09 Feb 2004 18:31:58 -0000 Sven Willenberger wrote: > I managed to upgrade a 4.1 box to 4.9-stable by doing it in steps: > > First cvsup'ed RELENG_4_3, make buildworld, make buildkernel, > installkernel, reboot, installworld ..... > > then I cvsup'ed to RELENG_4_6 and did the same > then I cvsup'ed to RELENG_4_9 and successfully completed the upgrade. A > little bit of a long process and if you can get by doing a fresh install > rather than trying to upgrade it would probably be quicker ... but > upgrading did work in steps for me. I had a 4.3 server which couldn't compile STABLE and I found the same advice online. I upgraded my 4.3-RELEASE to 4-STABLE by going to 4.6 -> 4.8 -> 4.9 -> STABLE. Those steps all went smoothly. I wish a fresh install had been an option but.... -- Clint Gilders Director of Technology Services OnlineHobbyist.com, Inc.