From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 5 00:46:20 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 B0F3B16A401 for ; Wed, 5 Apr 2006 00:46:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kdk@daleco.biz) Received: from ezekiel.daleco.biz (southernuniform.com [66.76.92.18]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4E54D43D45 for ; Wed, 5 Apr 2006 00:46:20 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kdk@daleco.biz) Received: from [192.168.2.2] ([69.27.149.254]) by ezekiel.daleco.biz (8.13.4/8.13.1) with ESMTP id k350j3xp074111; Tue, 4 Apr 2006 19:45:24 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from kdk@daleco.biz) Message-ID: <44331305.9040708@daleco.biz> Date: Tue, 04 Apr 2006 19:44:53 -0500 From: Kevin Kinsey User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.7.12) Gecko/20060127 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Chuck Swiger References: <4433009B.60801@letsget.bz> <443303AB.1080600@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <443303AB.1080600@mac.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: robert@letsget.bz, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Question bout migrating from 4.X tree to 5.x or even 6.x 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: Wed, 05 Apr 2006 00:46:20 -0000 Chuck Swiger wrote: >Robert Yoon wrote: > > >>I am planning on upgrading from the 4.x tree to the 6.x tree. >>I have been reading online and have found little or no reference >>information. >> >> > >Presumably reading /usr/src/UPDATING and the FreeBSD handbook would prove useful. > > > >>I would like to actually do this without a make world scenario, and have >>read some info bout booting off a usb device with 6.0 on it and copying >>stuff over. Anyone know of or heard bout this by any chance? >> >> > >Have fun. > >However, it's unclear why you'd bother with USB when simply performing a binary >upgrade installation from a 6.0 or 6.1beta ISO image on a CD would achieve the >same end result.... > > > >>Also what recommendations would you make if you were to upgrade from 4.x >>tree to 5 or 6? >> >> > >Read the fine documentation. Follow instructions carefully. Have good backups. > > In particular, there is some *very fine* documentation at: http://www.freebsd.org/releases/ I'd recommend looking at the "early adopter's guide" for 5.0 or 5.1, and a "migration guide" from a later release such as 5.3. The 4.X -5.X jump tends to be the tricky one, but Bruce Mah has spelled it out quite well. If you can hit 5.X successfully, jumping to 6 should be quite pain-free. YMMV, of course. Kevin Kinsey -- Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamp-post how it feels about dogs. -- Christopher Hampton