Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2011 12:45:23 -0700 From: Kurt Buff <kurt.buff@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upgrading from 6.2-RELEASE? Message-ID: <CADy1Ce70%2BTUwwgZqiNKf277AoeWNX%2Bm6FbFYacas_6_9Uh=MJw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <E28CD8EB-6B8A-4D3F-AA9C-8F40B43DDF1D@mac.com> References: <CADy1Ce6F5NSXYgORtrch8QUigkgaGX6yQCBUv0DMNK3JmqmroQ@mail.gmail.com> <E28CD8EB-6B8A-4D3F-AA9C-8F40B43DDF1D@mac.com>
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On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 12:03, Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> wrote: > On Oct 19, 2011, at 11:55 AM, Kurt Buff wrote: >> I have gotten custody of an old machine running the aforementioned, >> and it's in production. I can take it down for a couple of hours if >> necessary, but would prefer to have it down as little as possible. > > The most straightforward solution would be to build out and validate a ne= w system running FreeBSD-7.4 or 8.2, and drop it in place of the old box. = =C2=A0If all is good, decommission the old hardware. I agree. I've already got a new VM started with 8.2. I'm trying to see if I can migrate the data to the new host, but it's not finished yet, and the old box's ports aren't functioning and can't be upgraded, so I'm stuck in a bit of a scramble. >> What are my options for getting it to a supported release - looking at >> the handbook it doesn't appear the the freebsd-update utility will >> work in this case, as it's not 6.3? Can I, for instance, boot from a >> CD of a supported version and do an upgrade, or am I stuck doing a >> download of sorce for 7.0-RELEASE, compiling that, and then an >> freebsd-update to 7.4? > > You can do either. =C2=A0However, it's probably easier to just download a= nd burn the 7.4 or 8.2 image, and do an upgrade directly than it would be d= o upgrade via source to 7.0-RELEASE and then try freebsd-update. Gotta love conflicting answers from you and Adam I've got an ISO of 7.4. I think I'll do a dump of my data to a remote machine, do the update, and see what that gets me. Thanks, Kurt
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