Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2005 08:52:41 -0500 From: "Steve Bertrand" <iaccounts@ibctech.ca> To: "'Chuck Swiger'" <cswiger@mac.com> Cc: 'FreeBSD Questions' <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Upgrading 4.11-STABLE to 5.4-STABLE Message-ID: <20051103135244.857F843D48@mx1.FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <4369828F.70203@mac.com>
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> > Oddly enough, and a little OT, (but semi-within the topic) > I'm trying > > to update a 5.0 box to RELENG_5 right now with several different > > errors, too many to mention (generally they occur after rebooting > > after my installkernel. I can subsequently reboot off of > kernel.old, as always). > > That's not surprising, if your kernel and userland are too > far out of sync, lots of things won't work right like ps and > ipfw and so forth. If the kernel boots OK into single-user > mode, it should be OK to do the installworld. Hmmm, interesting point. I didn't even think of that. However, if I do that successfully, then reboot the system and it fails, there is no way to 'undo' the installworld...right? Either way, I'm going to try it, so I can use that experience for when I have to do a production box. > Anyway, you really don't want to stay with 5.0, even if it > takes a reinstall from a 5.4 CD to get there.... :-) Eventually, if all else fails, I will. > Take full backups before you do anything. The thing is, > there is nothing wrong with a 4.11 system, either, especially > if it is a uni-processor machine. For SMP hardware, I'd be > tempted to jump directly to 6.0 or wait for 6.1, rather than > move to the middle/end of the 5.x releases. The Samba box is a SMP unit, but the 4.11 is a uni-proc box. I've been running it that way since 4.5, moving the system to new disks a few times, and periodically more powerful boxes. I have really no reason to upgrade this one to 5 or 6 at this point...and BTW, I always do backups. System is on a RAID-1, with a second RAID-1 setup that gets a mirrored copy of the primary RAID every day. Further that, I have it taped up too. Call me paranoid, but having the backup RAID ensures that I can just move it to new hardware and continue right on trucking. > Keeping your ports up-to-date is a bigger concern, but things > like portaudit and the people working on submitting both > security warnings and patches to the ports help... Indeed. I just got familiar with portaudit a few weeks ago, and I find it quite handy. Tks for your input. Steve
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