Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2006 09:54:48 +0200 From: Jonathan McKeown <jonathan@hst.org.za> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: It's time to bite the bullet and do a major upgrade from 4.11 to 6.0 Message-ID: <200611150954.48327.jonathan@hst.org.za> In-Reply-To: <f3625a5e0611140813l70f24411j98ac03c12a9ed6f3@mail.gmail.com> References: <f3625a5e0611140813l70f24411j98ac03c12a9ed6f3@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tuesday 14 November 2006 18:13, Scott Schappell wrote: > The writing is on the wall and all that stuff. I've put this off long > enough. > > What needs to be done to upgrade from 4.11 to 6.x? I have an extensive > amount of ports installed and in googling and searching the list, it seems > I need to make a jump to 5.2 then from there to 6. I'm about to do this, but I've opted for a clean install, as others have suggested - but with a twist. I've installed an additional drive the same size as the original (80GB) - I'm going to install on the new drive, transplant data as needed from the old drive, and when I'm happy with everything, use gmirror to turn both drives into a little RAID-1 plex. I'm also trying to do it remotely, with ssh access to the distant box and one right next to it, and a null-modem cable between them to give me serial console access during the upgrade. If it works I'll detail the steps here, as I wasn't able to find a quick and easy guide to this process anywhere. Jonathan
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