From owner-freebsd-stable Thu Jul 13 8:14:50 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from rad3.1stup.com (rad3.1stup.com [209.143.242.34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0115A37C205 for ; Thu, 13 Jul 2000 08:14:38 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jim@siteplus.net) Received: from veager (JCSNB109-14.splitrock.net [209.253.4.83]) by rad3.1stup.com (8.9.3/8.9.2) with SMTP id IAA20468 for ; Thu, 13 Jul 2000 08:14:35 -0700 Message-ID: <00a501bfecdd$1414d3a0$5304fdd1@siteplus.net> From: "Jim Weeks" To: References: Subject: Re: how to update from FreeBSD 2.2.8 to RELENG_4 Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 11:14:42 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Steve O'Hara-Smith wrote, > There is a lot to be said for: > > Backup all user data. > > Install 4-STABLE on a new machine. > > Copy user data to new machine. My 2cents, Granted I have not tried it with 4.X, but I have successfully done a binary upgrade from 2.6 to 3.X many times with no problem. I think the guideline to do the backup for safety sake and then a binary upgrade would fit the bill nicely. This way if it works you will have the best of both worlds. If you chose this route I would also like to know the results. Jim ________________________________________________________ 1stUp.com - Free the Web Get your free Internet access at http://www.1stUp.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message