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Date:      Mon, 2 Apr 2007 11:20:05 -0400
From:      "Jean-Paul Natola" <jnatola@familycareintl.org>
To:        "Derek Ragona" <derek@computinginnovations.com>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   RE: UPGRADing from 5.4- Sysinstall or makeworld
Message-ID:  <3A85D7EF44E1C744BF6434691F5659E9702B16@www.fcimail.org>
In-Reply-To: <6.0.0.22.2.20070402095913.025c7c90@mail.computinginnovations.com>

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I do not have /usr/src/UPDATING

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I have=20

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# locate UPDATING

/usr/local/share/doc/exim/README.UPDATING

/usr/ports/UPDATING

/usr/ports/mail/dspam/files/UPDATING

/usr/ports/mail/dspam-devel/files/UPDATING

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From: Derek Ragona [mailto:derek@computinginnovations.com]=20
Sent: Monday, April 02, 2007 11:02 AM
To: Jean-Paul Natola; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: UPGRADing from 5.4- Sysinstall or makeworld

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The difference is a binary upgrade using sysinstall booting a later =
version
CD or using cvsup and a source install.  Both should work fine for your
setup.  If you want to go to 6.X you should go to 5.5 first.

Read /usr/src/UPDATING in all cases.

        -Derek


At 09:44 AM 4/2/2007, Jean-Paul Natola wrote:



Hi everyone,

I'm think I really need to upgrade  from 5.4  as I'm having a slew of =
issues
with my programs- specifically  exim-sa-clamav-=20

My concern is that this was the only BSD install I had ever done with
assistance from a colleague from across the border- So all I have been =
doing
for the past year is cvsup-ing and portupgrading- however as mentioned
earlier I'm running into issues that are consuming too much time for me =
to
resolve as I am a one man IT department here.

The first thing I'd like to know is if my box can indeed handle the =
upgrade
to 6.2  -

I have the following hardware-

PIII 500mhz
256 ram
8 gig hard-drive

The ONLY thing I use this box for is to filter mail that then gets =
passed to
my exchange server-

Are there any gotcha's I need to lookout for before attempting this =
upgrade,
since this filters my e-mail if I screw up- I will have no incoming =
mail-
lest I choose to redirect my SMTP directly to my mail server- NOT A GOOD
IDEA.

So I see there are two methods of upgrading - sysinstall  or makeworld- =
what
would be the optimal choice for someone with limited  experience in the =
BSD
world-

Thanks=20









Jean-Paul Natola
Network Administrator
Information Technology
Family Care International
588 Broadway Suite 503
New York, NY 10012
Phone:212-941-5300 xt 36
Fax:  212-941-5563
Mailto: Jnatola@Familycareintl.org

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