From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 1 14:35:38 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A9A981065672 for ; Fri, 1 Oct 2010 14:35:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from odhiambo@gmail.com) Received: from mail-qy0-f175.google.com (mail-qy0-f175.google.com [209.85.216.175]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 571E98FC13 for ; Fri, 1 Oct 2010 14:35:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: by qyk8 with SMTP id 8so1750076qyk.13 for ; Fri, 01 Oct 2010 07:35:37 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:mime-version:received:in-reply-to :references:from:date:message-id:subject:to:content-type; bh=4o04CYTlah/AxEypllB9HtMg4LH83V1PDSwcwobYKxU=; b=HqmlMgnpkbdwG5IzTTjNYjU5W0/tsw3uklvneP7OFaiUq8DoPBPTj3y0xH2X5Wta78 IAtwZeExng3UAAsitqfkvxtFO3lEry86eWHgfroBMfhZh3n0KWU4//2OkXKsl/j2Y7sg SnTuO6oGWLvddmPkH3IcUSNuS1g6GtYI+nInw= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :content-type; b=XJXjoQkY43oV8l5LeiOXJOQS/0SyhBexA3+Lol7qdfdWxm4lyNkE35yyHJOzkW/kEL EOdYlRXa1g4EPQlNlI2rT5DIf5O5/2amediPJVXf494bGGPUbWYjLrOL4H1BUaPk3ie6 4BH/EMM+GvSoYabCJsmjWcxxSDVt0DxAMDPZo= Received: by 10.224.28.207 with SMTP id n15mr3783693qac.379.1285943737426; Fri, 01 Oct 2010 07:35:37 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.229.102.13 with HTTP; Fri, 1 Oct 2010 07:34:53 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20101001141113.GD26665@catflap.slightlystrange.org> References: <20100930155915.GA26665@catflap.slightlystrange.org> <20101001093632.GC26665@catflap.slightlystrange.org> <20101001141113.GD26665@catflap.slightlystrange.org> From: Odhiambo Washington Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2010 17:34:53 +0300 Message-ID: To: Daniel Bye , User Questions Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Subject: Re: Upgrading autoconf X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 01 Oct 2010 14:35:38 -0000 On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 5:11 PM, Daniel Bye < freebsd-questions@slightlystrange.org> wrote: > On Fri, Oct 01, 2010 at 03:02:10PM +0300, Odhiambo Washington wrote: > > > > Will migrate it to 8.x soon, by doing a new installation and > migrating. > > > > > > > > Or should I wait for FreeBSD-9 ?? > > > > > > I'd go for 8.x as soon as possible. It'll be a while before 9 is ready > for > > > production, and when it is released, it should be pretty straight > forward > > > to > > > upgrade from 8.x using the standard buildworld cycle, provided your > setup > > > isn't too outlandish! > > > > > > > > Update 6.4 to 8.x?? Or you mean some upgrade path like install 8.x and > then > > migrate services?:-) > > Since you're crossing two major versions, I'd go for a clean install. You > could conceivably go straight to 8 using buildworld, but I think the safest > and simplest course of action is to take good backups and start from > scratch. As for going from 8.x to 9.x, that should be pretty easy, if, as I > said, your setup isn't too far from the default. But of course, only you > can > make that call. > > My servers are pretty easy to migrate. It's just a case of a fresh install, install the applications, migrate the configs and data/databases since I try and keep up to date with the application versions as much as possible. The only thing that changes significantly is the base system. I will go for a clean install. Sometimes back I saw some instructions to upgrade upwards (6.x ->7.x ->8.x) but I cannot find them anymore, although the only time to do those are when the system is in the room next:-) -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ "If you have nothing good to say about someone, just shut up!." -- Lucky Dube