Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:47:12 +0800 From: Erich Dollansky <erichfreebsdlist@ovitrap.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Michael Doyle <itmngr@cooperationireland.org> Subject: Re: Upgrade 6.4-stable to 7.3 Message-ID: <201007281847.13397.erichfreebsdlist@ovitrap.com> In-Reply-To: <FC34A966-B4C7-4564-B3D1-3170CBAF3C4C@cooperationireland.org> References: <FC34A966-B4C7-4564-B3D1-3170CBAF3C4C@cooperationireland.org>
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Hi, I did a source upgrade on one box from 6.4 to 7.2 or 7.3 without any problems. I later did a source upgrade to 8.0 on the same machine just to find out that USB has some problems, I went then back to 7.3 on this machine. I also did some source upgrades from 7.x to 8.0 on some other machines without any problems. On Tuesday 27 July 2010 22:02:48 Michael Doyle wrote: > > In the past, I've usually done a wipe-and-reinstall when moving > between major version numbers > but I would rather avoid that this time around. I never did this since 5.2. The upgrades always worked for me. > > Also, would people recommend staying with version 7.3 or jumping all > the way to version 8.1 ? I would first install 7.3, check if all works and then do a source upgrade. Save the source tree for 7.3 just for the case you have to go back. > > CPU: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.80GHz (2800.11-MHz 686-class CPU) > Origin = "GenuineIntel" Id = 0xf41 Stepping = 1 Not so new. Just like the machine which gave me the problem with 8.0. I never tried 8.1 on this machine. > > uhci0: <UHCI (generic) USB controller> port 0xcce0-0xccff irq 20 at > device 29.0 on pci0 > uhci0: [GIANT-LOCKED] > usb0: <UHCI (generic) USB controller> on uhci0 > usb0: USB revision 1.0 > uhub0: Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1 > uhub0: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered Somewhere here were the problems. > uhub1: Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1 You have Intel, I have NEC, so, you should not face the same problems I did. If they are not solved meanwhile. > atkbd0: <AT Keyboard> irq 1 on atkbdc0 > kbd0 at atkbd0 > atkbd0: [GIANT-LOCKED] > psm0: <PS/2 Mouse> irq 12 on atkbdc0 Just one note. You are managing this machine remotely? No X on it? Take the two step approach and you should have a running system afterwards. Erich
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