Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:47:20 -0700 From: "Kelly Martin" <kellymartin@gmail.com> To: "FreeBSD Questions" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: preparing for an upgrade Message-ID: <1338880b0811181547s191b3170nefe5525f112bbcc2@mail.gmail.com>
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With the release of FreeBSD 6.4 imminent, I'd like to prepare for an upgrade from FreeBSD 6.2 -> 6.4. Please excuse my ignorance but in my mind here's what I plan to do when it's available: 1. install / run the upgrade script using CD-ROM media to a 6.4 GENERIC kernel, reboot 2. customize the kernel to my hardware (like I did in 6.2), reboot 3. portsnap fetch update (to get the latest ports tree for 6.4) 4. portupgrade -ai (to upgrade any outdated ports) Will this work? I'm a little confused about different versions of the ports tree. What I mean is, I keep updating my FreeBSD 6.2 ports tree and have never had any problems... it just works. I'm assuming the 6.4 ports tree is a little different and specific to 6.4? The port system is **so much better** than using ports on my OpenBSD systems! thanks, kelly
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