Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2011 15:05:14 +0100 From: Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se> To: Frank Shute <frank@shute.org.uk> Cc: patrick <gibblertron@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upgrading from FreeBSD 4.10 to 8.1? Message-ID: <20110107140513.GA82088@owl.midgard.homeip.net> In-Reply-To: <20110107120259.GA44135@orange.esperance-linux.co.uk> References: <AANLkTik7fS0y=Xkvp-vv4LuTLdKKnE1d%2BndRMtR9_a20@mail.gmail.com> <20110107120259.GA44135@orange.esperance-linux.co.uk>
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On Fri, Jan 07, 2011 at 12:02:59PM +0000, Frank Shute wrote: > On Thu, Jan 06, 2011 at 07:45:28AM -0800, patrick wrote: > > > > I know this is a bit crazy, but is there any opinion as to whether a > > binary upgrade using an 8.1 CD would work to upgrade a system running > > 4.10? Normally I would want to do a fresh install, but it's at a > > remote client site where it's not going to be easy to do it that way, > > and I'm going to need to guide someone less experienced through the > > install/upgrade process. > > An upgrade using a CD wouldn't work as the filesystem changed from > UFS1 to UFS2 betweeen 4 and 5. That by itself should not be a showstopper, since newer FreeBSD releases (incl. 8.1) still support UFS1 and can run perfectly fine on it. Although it is generally a good idea to use UFS2 rather than UFS1 with FreeBSD 5+ it is certainly not necessary. -- <Insert your favourite quote here.> Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se
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