From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Apr 23 13:53:13 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DB0A316A43C for ; Sun, 23 Apr 2006 13:53:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wmoran@collaborativefusion.com) Received: from mx00.pub.collaborativefusion.com (mx00.pub.collaborativefusion.com [206.210.89.199]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2AAC943D4C for ; Sun, 23 Apr 2006 13:53:13 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from wmoran@collaborativefusion.com) Received: from localhost (monrovll-cuda1-24-53-251-44.pittpa.adelphia.net [24.53.251.44]) (AUTH: LOGIN wmoran, TLS: TLSv1/SSLv3,256bits,AES256-SHA) by wingspan with esmtp; Sun, 23 Apr 2006 09:53:12 -0400 id 00056414.444B86C8.0000C97D Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2006 09:53:08 -0400 From: Bill Moran To: Andreas Wideroe Andersen Message-Id: <20060423095308.6275c891.wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> In-Reply-To: <7.0.1.0.2.20060423152029.044f8cc8@wideroe.net> References: <7.0.1.0.2.20060423152029.044f8cc8@wideroe.net> Organization: Collaborative Fusion X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 1.0.6 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd5.4) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upgrade path from 4.7 STABLE to 4.11 or 5.4 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: Sun, 23 Apr 2006 13:53:14 -0000 Andreas Wideroe Andersen wrote: > Hi all, > I have a 4.7 STABLE (production) server and I > need to upgrade it to atleast 4.11 STABLE. What > would be the best upgrade path inorder to > minimize any problems? The server is located in a > co-location 5 hours drive from where I'm so a > network upgrade without problems would be perfect. :-) > > Should I just run a cvsup with RELENG 4_11 and > upgrade src/ports, compile a new kernel and make > world or should I go through the varous versions up to 4.11 step by step? > > Also, are there any imidiate problems upgrading 4.11 to 5.4? > > Thanks for your help! I _believe_ that you can go from 4.7 straight to 4.11, but I don't know if I've ever made that long of a jump. I recommend setting up a test machine, locally, and trying out the upgrade first. Have a read of /usr/src/UPDATING - I expect there are a few unusual steps you'll have to take, but they'll be documented there. -- Bill Moran Potential Technologies http://www.potentialtech.com