From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 2 20:16:47 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EF81416A41F for ; Wed, 2 Nov 2005 20:16:47 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ertr1013@student.uu.se) Received: from pne-smtpout2-sn1.fre.skanova.net (pne-smtpout2-sn1.fre.skanova.net [81.228.11.159]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8863543D45 for ; Wed, 2 Nov 2005 20:16:46 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ertr1013@student.uu.se) Received: from falcon.midgard.homeip.net (212.181.162.201) by pne-smtpout2-sn1.fre.skanova.net (7.2.060.1) id 4368D3FE0001799A for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 2 Nov 2005 21:16:45 +0100 Received: (qmail 36534 invoked by uid 1001); 2 Nov 2005 21:16:45 +0100 Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2005 21:16:45 +0100 From: Erik Trulsson To: Chris Howells Message-ID: <20051102201645.GA36518@falcon.midgard.homeip.net> Mail-Followup-To: Chris Howells , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <200511022107.25718.howells@kde.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200511022107.25718.howells@kde.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upgrading 4.11-STABLE to 5.4-STABLE 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: Wed, 02 Nov 2005 20:16:48 -0000 On Wed, Nov 02, 2005 at 09:07:25PM +0000, Chris Howells wrote: > Hi, > > I want to upgrade my 4.11-STABLE server to 5.4-STABLE. I'm very used to using > cvsup to upgrade between minor releases (IIRC the box was 4.9 or 4.10 > originally) but a jump between major versions is scaring me a bit :) > > Has anybody done this recently. Were there any major problems other than > mentioned in UPDATING? In addition to UPDATING you should read http://www.freebsd.org/releases/5.3R/migration-guide.html which details how you should upgrade from 4.11 to 5.3. I don't think there has been any important changes between 5.3 and 5.4 in this regard. > > I don't particularly want to install from fresh if possible, due to the hassle > of removing the server from the bottom of the pile (too poor to afford a > rack ;(), opening the case up and fitting a CD-ROM etc. > > -- > Cheers, Chris Howells -- chris@chrishowells.co.uk, howells@kde.org > Web: http://chrishowells.co.uk, PGP ID: 0x33795A2C > KDE/Qt/C++/PHP Developer: http://www.kde.org > > _______________________________________________ > 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" -- Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se