From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 7 15:12:07 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 307571065670 for ; Fri, 7 Jan 2011 15:12:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: from gizmo.acns.msu.edu (gizmo.acns.msu.edu [35.8.1.43]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E985E8FC17 for ; Fri, 7 Jan 2011 15:12:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from gizmo.acns.msu.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gizmo.acns.msu.edu (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id p07F7t68090928; Fri, 7 Jan 2011 10:07:55 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: (from jerrymc@localhost) by gizmo.acns.msu.edu (8.13.6/8.13.6/Submit) id p07F7tDJ090927; Fri, 7 Jan 2011 10:07:55 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from jerrymc) Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2011 10:07:55 -0500 From: Jerry McAllister To: Erik Trulsson Message-ID: <20110107150755.GA90911@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> References: <20110107120259.GA44135@orange.esperance-linux.co.uk> <20110107140513.GA82088@owl.midgard.homeip.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20110107140513.GA82088@owl.midgard.homeip.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Cc: Frank Shute , 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 15:12:07 -0000 On Fri, Jan 07, 2011 at 03:05:14PM +0100, Erik Trulsson wrote: > 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. The thing to do is create the UFS2 new system and use it to read the stuff you need from the old UFS1 system/disk. Then just use the new disk. ////jerry > -- > > Erik Trulsson > ertr1013@student.uu.se > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"