Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2005 18:03:34 -0300 (ADT) From: "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@hub.org> To: Bashar <big@kuwaitnet.net>, Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com>, Matt Emmerton <matt@gsicomp.on.ca> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upgrading from 4.x to 5.x ... possible? Message-ID: <20050707180245.U940@ganymede.hub.org> In-Reply-To: <005701c58322$4fffad50$1200a8c0@gsicomp.on.ca> References: <20050707134652.Y940@ganymede.hub.org> <005701c58322$4fffad50$1200a8c0@gsicomp.on.ca>
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On Thu, 7 Jul 2005, Marc G. Fournier wrote: > > Without having to rebuild from scratch, is this something that is possible, > or have the changes become so great as to make this undesirable? The only thought/concern I have ... didn't the file system format change in 5.x? I realize 5.x would be backwards compatible with 4.x, but wouldn't going from 4.x -> 5.x via cvsup lose out on any new features as a result of the file system changes? > > Thanks ... > > ---- > Marc G. Fournier Hub.Org Networking Services (http://www.hub.org) > Email: scrappy@hub.org Yahoo!: yscrappy ICQ: 7615664 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > On Thu, 7 Jul 2005, Bashar wrote: > http://www.freebsd.org/releases/5.3R/migration-guide.html > > Marc G. Fournier wrote: > >> >> Without having to rebuild from scratch, is this something that is possible, >> or have the changes become so great as to make this undesirable? >> >> Thanks ... >> >> ---- >> Marc G. Fournier Hub.Org Networking Services (http://www.hub.org) >> Email: scrappy@hub.org Yahoo!: yscrappy ICQ: 7615664 >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> >> >> > On Thu, 7 Jul 2005, Dan Nelson wrote: > In the last episode (Jul 07), Marc G. Fournier said: >> Without having to rebuild from scratch, is this something that is >> possible, or have the changes become so great as to make this >> undesirable? > > That's what the Upgrade menu item in sysinstall is for :) It'll save a > copy of /etc to a safe place then copy the passwd file back after the > install. You'll want to rebuild all your ports, but most should still > work until you do. A fresh install is always cleaner, but I've > upgraded some of my servers from 2.2.8 -> 4.* -> 5.* with no problems. > > -- > Dan Nelson > dnelson@allantgroup.com > > On Thu, 7 Jul 2005, Matt Emmerton wrote: >> Without having to rebuild from scratch, is this something that is >> possible, or have the changes become so great as to make this undesirable? > > I just upgraded a machine from 4.10 to 5.4-stable via cvsup / buildworld and > didn't run into any problems whatsoever. > /usr/src/UPDATING has a good guide for doing this migration. > > -- > Matt Emmerton > > > ---- Marc G. Fournier Hub.Org Networking Services (http://www.hub.org) Email: scrappy@hub.org Yahoo!: yscrappy ICQ: 7615664
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