Date: Tue, 8 Dec 1998 12:49:34 -0800 (PST) From: "Jason C. Wells" <jcwells@u.washington.edu> To: Jon Charette <jc@turbinegames.com> Cc: FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: upgrading from 2.1.5 to latest? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9812081236330.909-100000@s8-37-26.student.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <001201be22bf$79a24c50$cdaa56cf@ENDOR>
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On Tue, 8 Dec 1998, Jon Charette wrote: >Hello, > >I am taking over a sysadmin position here at my company. Currently, my >firewall and main mail host are both running 2.1.5. Obviously, these >should be upgraded. > >Where should I start? Obviously, these machines cannot be down for very long. >How difficult is it to upgrade FreeBSD? > >Any pointers on where to start are more than appreciated. 2.1.5 is a good system. There are some here that have report uptime of 500+ days with it. It is not terribly hard to upgrade. You can do it many ways. Run '/stand/sysinstall' which I have done with little problem. I personally wouldn't do this in multi-user mode though. Fetch new source and do 'cd /usr/src; make world'. I have done this with little trouble. Run 'cvsup' and sup the new source and then 'make world'. I have also done this with little trouble. I like this method the best. Once you have cvsup you can keep your sources up to date by tracking -stable. This lets you get bug and security fixes pretty much automatically. You can run cvsup and make world on a running system then (if all goes well) the only down time you will have is a couple minutes for the reboot. Save your self a hassle and be sure to backup all of your configuration files at a bare minimum. If you use '/stand/sysintall' to do the upgrade be sure to _NOT_ change your disklabels. The jump to 2.2.8 might cause some breakages. I also recommend rebuilding your kernel after you rebuild your system. All of the information on how to do this is on the website. Catchya Later, | UW Mechanical Engineering Jason Wells | http://weber.u.washington.edu/~jcwells/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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