Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2011 11:25:11 -0400 From: Steven Friedrich <FreeBSD@InsightBB.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upgrading very old installation Message-ID: <4E205BD7.7010903@InsightBB.com> In-Reply-To: <4E2042CD.7020409@infracaninophile.co.uk> References: <CA%2Bsg5RQOYw=8RLN%2BkK7OznbJJkAE-BOPYz5LMK05gBRhKVJ4Vw@mail.gmail.com> <4E2042CD.7020409@infracaninophile.co.uk>
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On 7/15/2011 9:38 AM, Matthew Seaman wrote: > On 15/07/2011 13:20, Jaime Kikpole wrote: >> I'm running a FreeBSD 6.x server that hasn't been updated in about 1.5 years. >> >> atlas:~>uname -mprs >> FreeBSD 6.4-RELEASE-p8 i386 i386 >> >> What is the recommended way to upgrade it to something current? >> Should I upgrade it to the most recent 6.x and then to 7.x and then to >> 8.x? Or should I use a more direct route, upgrading it straight to >> the 8-RELEASE branch? > You'll almost certainly find it quicker and less painful to just > reinstall using an up to date version of FreeBSD. Personally, I'd go > and buy a new hard drive for the machine, install the latest OS and > applications on that and then copy over data etc. It helps if you can > have both drives mounted in the same machine at once. > > There are variations on this theme -- for instance if your server has > mirrored HDDs then you can split the mirror, re-install on one half, > reconcile configurations, data, user accounts between the two halves > and ultimately resynch the old drive to the new one. > > The big advantage of this sort of approach is that you get your new > install up and running and tested before you need to commit to the > potentially irreversible step of overwriting your last copy of the old one. > > Cheers, > > Matthew > Excellent advice, Matt. You rock.
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