Date: Tue, 9 May 2017 20:41:51 +0300 From: Esa Karkkainen <ejk@iki.fi> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Drew Tomlinson <drew@mykitchentable.net> Subject: Re: Recommended Way To Update Old Systems To Current Versions Message-ID: <20170509174151.GB78432@pp.htv.fi> In-Reply-To: <CY4PR20MB154453DE4CDB04AC8B75C774B3EF0@CY4PR20MB1544.namprd20.prod.outlook.com> References: <CY4PR20MB154453DE4CDB04AC8B75C774B3EF0@CY4PR20MB1544.namprd20.prod.outlook.com>
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On Tue, May 09, 2017 at 04:57:09PM +0000, Drew Tomlinson wrote: > So what is the recommended way to upgrade? First the FreeBSD, nowadays using freebsd-update, then ports/packages. If these computers have small root filesystem, then you may have to compile a custom and possibly monolithic kernel. The kernel modules and debug symbols do not fit into a 3.x or 4.x era root filesystem. > Binary first? This should be documented in the handbook, but this is the rough outline how to do it: 1. update kernel, using freebsd-update and reboot possibly to single user 2. update userland, using freebsd-update 3. fetch new ports tree using portsnap 4. install pkg and possibly portmaster/portupgrade 5. convert from pkg to pkgng, 6. update or reinstall all ports/packages 7. optionally remove old libraries, using freebsd-update > Then I’d have a current system upon which to build? > Is there a guide to which you can point me? FreeBSD: https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/updating-upgrading-freebsdupdate.html Ports/packages: https://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/pkgng-intro.html and /usr/ports/UPDATING > Any help appreciated as I’d rather not screw this up. ;) I'd build a test system or systems and make sure that I have restorable backups :) Esa -- "In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move." -- Douglas Adams 1952 - 2001
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