From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 7 14:05:23 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DD31C106564A for ; Fri, 7 Jan 2011 14:05:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from erikt@midgard.homeip.net) Received: from ch-smtp02.sth.basefarm.net (ch-smtp02.sth.basefarm.net [80.76.149.213]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6E7A88FC1B for ; Fri, 7 Jan 2011 14:05:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from c83-255-61-120.bredband.comhem.se ([83.255.61.120]:65119 helo=falcon.midgard.homeip.net) by ch-smtp02.sth.basefarm.net with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1PbCwN-0001MZ-6z for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 07 Jan 2011 15:05:17 +0100 Received: (qmail 40733 invoked from network); 7 Jan 2011 15:05:14 +0100 Received: from owl.midgard.homeip.net (10.1.5.7) by falcon.midgard.homeip.net with ESMTP; 7 Jan 2011 15:05:14 +0100 Received: (qmail 82122 invoked by uid 1001); 7 Jan 2011 15:05:14 +0100 Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2011 15:05:14 +0100 From: Erik Trulsson To: Frank Shute Message-ID: <20110107140513.GA82088@owl.midgard.homeip.net> References: <20110107120259.GA44135@orange.esperance-linux.co.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20110107120259.GA44135@orange.esperance-linux.co.uk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Originating-IP: 83.255.61.120 X-Scan-Result: No virus found in message 1PbCwN-0001MZ-6z. X-Scan-Signature: ch-smtp02.sth.basefarm.net 1PbCwN-0001MZ-6z 6ca298acdcaf955e4c2d8d5c668776f8 Cc: patrick , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upgrading from FreeBSD 4.10 to 8.1? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2011 14:05:24 -0000 On Fri, Jan 07, 2011 at 12:02:59PM +0000, Frank Shute wrote: > On Thu, Jan 06, 2011 at 07:45:28AM -0800, patrick wrote: > > > > I know this is a bit crazy, but is there any opinion as to whether a > > binary upgrade using an 8.1 CD would work to upgrade a system running > > 4.10? Normally I would want to do a fresh install, but it's at a > > remote client site where it's not going to be easy to do it that way, > > and I'm going to need to guide someone less experienced through the > > install/upgrade process. > > An upgrade using a CD wouldn't work as the filesystem changed from > UFS1 to UFS2 betweeen 4 and 5. That by itself should not be a showstopper, since newer FreeBSD releases (incl. 8.1) still support UFS1 and can run perfectly fine on it. Although it is generally a good idea to use UFS2 rather than UFS1 with FreeBSD 5+ it is certainly not necessary. -- Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se