Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2008 00:34:28 -0400 From: Vince Sabio <vince@vjs.org> To: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Upgrade v5.x to v7.0 Message-ID: <p05200f39c4c963d7940a@[192.168.2.249]> In-Reply-To: <18592.25970.307339.178858@jerusalem.litteratus.org> References: <p05200f3bc4c60066097d@[192.168.2.249]> <18592.25970.307339.178858@jerusalem.litteratus.org>
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** At 12:14 -0400 on 08/11/2008, Robert Huff wrote: >Vince Sabio writes: > >> I am currently running FreeBSD v5.1 (yes, I am a Bad Person(tm)), > > Why? Why am I a Bad Person(tm), or why am I still running v5.1? > > and need to update it to v7.0. Questions: >> >> 1. Can I go straight from v5.1 to v7.0? Or do I need to make a >> stop at v6.x? > > It is probably technically possible. > However: when jumping major versions, my advice is always "If >possible, install from clean disk." I assume you mean "install from a clean CD" -- I did that, and it worked like a charm. And, for anyone else running v5.x who is considering upgrading to v7.0, this seems to be a very good way to do it. I downloaded and burned a bootonly.iso, and then ran the upgrade via [passive] FTP. Ten or fifteen minutes later, I was booting into v7.0. > In either case: remember to save critical config files >(rc.conf, the kernel config, sshd_config, the named directory, etc.) >elsewhere. The fact that the upgrade worked proves that my backups are in good shape -- if they weren't, then the upgrade would have overwritten the system disk and then failed. ;-) __________________________________________________________________________ Vince Sabio vince@vjs.org
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