Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2015 11:46:36 -0500 From: Robert Fitzpatrick <robert@webtent.org> To: Mike Clarke <jmc-freebsd2@milibyte.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upgrading a FreeBSD 7.1 server Message-ID: <54B7EEEC.3070807@webtent.org> In-Reply-To: <2320530.UhQR8an0Kq@curlew.lan> References: <54B7E910.60206@webtent.org> <2320530.UhQR8an0Kq@curlew.lan>
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Mike Clarke wrote: > On Thursday 15 Jan 2015 11:21:36 Robert Fitzpatrick wrote: > >> Is it possible to upgrade a FreeBSD 7.1 server, perhaps a step up >> process to 8.4 first? We have a virtual server that we prefer not to >> reinstall all packages. > > Packages are not compatible between major revision levels of the OS so you'll > need to reinstall all your packages anyway whatever upgrade route you take. > Yes, of course, I should rephrase that, we'd like to not have to re-setup all software. I'd like to take the standard upgrade path and upgrade all packages after each step up and just deal with things that have changed with packages since the version we are running now. Since it is a VPS, we'll be able snapshot and go back to start over if something were to go terribly wrong. So, is it possible to use freebsd-update to go to 8.4? -- Robert
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