From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 24 00:44:55 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3827016A4CE for ; Tue, 24 Aug 2004 00:44:55 +0000 (GMT) Received: from freebsd.takeda.tk (node-402413e2.sna.onnet.us.uu.net [64.36.19.226]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0989E43D1D for ; Tue, 24 Aug 2004 00:44:55 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from takeda@takeda.tk) Received: from takeda.lan (takeda.lan [10.0.0.3]) by freebsd.takeda.tk (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i7O0isuC035431; Mon, 23 Aug 2004 17:44:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from takeda@takeda.tk) Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2004 17:44:50 -0700 From: Dariusz Kulinski X-Mailer: The Bat! (v2.01) X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Message-ID: <1546955765.20040823174450@takeda.tk> To: Brooks Davis In-Reply-To: <20040824003045.GA8291@odin.ac.hmc.edu> References: <197540722218.20040823160056@takeda.tk> <20040823232501.GA2024@odin.ac.hmc.edu> <5545373734.20040823171828@takeda.tk> <20040824003045.GA8291@odin.ac.hmc.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Question about migration from 4.x to 5.x X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2004 00:44:55 -0000 Hello Brooks, Monday, August 23, 2004, 5:30:45 PM, you wrote: >> >> I'm 4.10 user and I'll possibly migrate to 5.x when 5.3 will be >> >> released. >> >> My question is what will be the most recommended and safest way to >> >> migrate from 4.x to 5.x besides reinstalling whole system? >> > Reinstalling the whole system is highly recommened. Otherwise, the >> > instructions in UPDATING are probalby your best bet. >> I was experimenting with my backup on vmware, but after I finished >> system didn't seem to be stable there were weird system freezes. >> Maybe it was just a bug... > There are a few deadlocks left as well as a bug that makes the lnc > driver crash in vmware so that's not exactly unexpected. BETA2 should > be a good place to start. Ok that could explain my problems, I'll try that again with BETA2 as you said. -- Best regards, Dariusz mailto:takeda@takeda.tk CCNA, SCSA, SCNA, LPIC, MCP certified http://www.takeda.tk