From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 22 22:26:18 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7F1C516A404 for ; Mon, 22 Jan 2007 22:26:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from erikt@midgard.homeip.net) Received: from ch-smtp02.sth.basefarm.net (ch-smtp02.sth.basefarm.net [80.76.149.213]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3A32E13C469 for ; Mon, 22 Jan 2007 22:26:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from erikt@midgard.homeip.net) Received: from c83-253-29-241.bredband.comhem.se ([83.253.29.241]:60831 helo=falcon.midgard.homeip.net) by ch-smtp02.sth.basefarm.net with smtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1H97cH-0004Ur-6Z for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 22 Jan 2007 23:26:17 +0100 Received: (qmail 24796 invoked from network); 22 Jan 2007 23:26:15 +0100 Received: from owl.midgard.homeip.net (10.1.5.7) by falcon.midgard.homeip.net with SMTP; 22 Jan 2007 23:26:15 +0100 Received: (qmail 30205 invoked by uid 1001); 22 Jan 2007 23:26:15 +0100 Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 23:26:15 +0100 From: Erik Trulsson To: Nagy =?iso-8859-1?B?TOFzemzz?= Zsolt Message-ID: <20070122222615.GB30161@owl.midgard.homeip.net> Mail-Followup-To: Nagy =?iso-8859-1?B?TOFzemzz?= Zsolt , "B. Cook" , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <45B4D5FA.7000000@poughkeepsieschools.org> <45B4F7FA.8020308@freemail.hu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable In-Reply-To: <45B4F7FA.8020308@freemail.hu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) X-ACL-Warn: Too high rate of unknown addresses received from you X-Scan-Result: No virus found in message 1H97cH-0004Ur-6Z. X-Scan-Signature: ch-smtp02.sth.basefarm.net 1H97cH-0004Ur-6Z f5c0de16c10f77a65452ae22f6018b40 Cc: "B. Cook" , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 5.3 -> 6.2 should work right? 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: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 22:26:18 -0000 On Mon, Jan 22, 2007 at 06:44:26PM +0100, Nagy L=E1szl=F3 Zsolt wrote: > B. Cook wrote: > >I'm inheriting an older network and I'm trying to update it.. > > > >cvsup to 6_2.. > > > >Doing a build kernel && install kernel > > > >then reboot and build world && install world && mergemaster -p if needed > > > >then rebuild the kernel and reinstall it.. > > > >right? > > > >I couldn't see anything major in UPDATING.. am I missing something? > First, you should update your system to RELENG_5_5. Then probably you=20 > can try to update to RELENG_6_2. It is always good to update to the=20 > latest minor before you update to a different major version. >=20 > By the way, updating a system from 5 to 6 is a headache. (Updating from= =20 > 4 to 5 is much easier.) It is the other way around in my experience. Going from 4.x to 5.x is quite a bit of work and not for the faint of heart. From 5 to 6 is not much more difficult than upgrading from (say) 5.4 to 5.5 or 6.1 to 6.2 > Many will suggest (including me) to install your=20 > new 6.2 system from binaries, and then transfer your programs and users,= =20 > if possible. --=20 Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se