From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 3 10:28:43 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5A8231065671 for ; Mon, 3 Mar 2008 10:28:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from andpet@telia.com) Received: from pne-smtpout1-sn1.fre.skanova.net (pne-smtpout1-sn1.fre.skanova.net [81.228.11.98]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 29AAC8FC1C for ; Mon, 3 Mar 2008 10:28:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from andpet@telia.com) Received: from [192.168.1.20] (81.233.14.209) by pne-smtpout1-sn1.fre.skanova.net (7.3.129) (authenticated as u30405151) id 47A97950008A5120 for freebsd-stable@freebsd.org; Mon, 3 Mar 2008 10:19:13 +0100 Message-ID: <47CBC298.8000207@telia.com> Date: Mon, 03 Mar 2008 10:19:20 +0100 From: Andreas Pettersson User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 (Windows/20080213) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Upgrading 5.4 to 6 or 7 X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 03 Mar 2008 10:28:43 -0000 Hi all. I have an old FreeBSD 5.4-RELEASE #0 and was wondering if anyone has any opinion whether I should do a binary upgrade to 6.3 from CD or do a csup and makeworld? May I run into any difficulties in the future depending on which way I go? Or is it perhaps possible to go direct to 7.0? -- Andreas