Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2002 15:48:25 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: Mike K <mikeslists@msquaredweb.net> Cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FAQ is vague about upgrade from 3.x -> 4.x ... please help Message-ID: <20020209134825.GC8832@hades.hell.gr> In-Reply-To: <036801c1b150$6f0604d0$6601a8c0@mk> References: <036801c1b150$6f0604d0$6601a8c0@mk>
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On 2002-02-09 01:59, Mike K wrote:
> Does anyone have step-by-step instructions for upgrading 3.x (or 3.4-REL
> specifically) to the latest 4.x.....remotely/safely/with-minimal-downtime?
Your best bet is probably to install to a second box (as similar as
possible to the remote box), set everything up, and then replace the
disk of the remote machine with the new disk. I feel a lot safer when
doing remote upgrades this way, and it only requires a single reboot
to swap disks :)
Giorgos Keramidas FreeBSD Documentation Project
keramida@{freebsd.org,ceid.upatras.gr} http://www.FreeBSD.org/docproj/
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