Date: Tue, 10 May 2005 09:23:04 -0400 From: Christopher Lane <colane@inteliport.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to upgrade FreeBSD release Message-ID: <4280B5B8.3050509@inteliport.com> In-Reply-To: <1115722483.428092f347b03@mail.schtriker.net> References: <1115722483.428092f347b03@mail.schtriker.net>
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Simon Striker wrote: > Hi! > > I am pretty newby to FreeBSD and I have one question. I have some Linux > (Slackware) servers and I intend to reinstall them with FreeBSD. > > When I will have to upgrade something on them, I will do that with portupgrade. > But when yesterday FreeBSD 5.4 released I wondered how could I upgrade to newer > release? > > If for instance one day I will administrate 30 servers, will I have to reinstall > them all with new release or is there any other way to upgrade to newer release? > > I would like to hear about your experiences with server administration. > > Thanks in advance for any response or piece of advice! > > Best regards, > > Simon Reinstall is not necessary. In short, get the 5.4 release source somehow (cvsup, for example), and build/install new system binaries and kernel. Freebsd handbook section 19 details the upgrade process pretty well - start reading there. If this is your first upgrade, I don't have to tell you to try it on a non production box first ^_^ As far as doing 30 or more servers, I've never done it so this is a bit of speculation. Look into using nfs or setting up a local cvsup server for distributing the source. The archives might have more information on this subject. Chris
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