Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2006 16:53:58 -0900 From: Beech Rintoul <beech@alaskaparadise.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Valen Jones <valen@winterhill.net> Subject: Re: Major Version Upgrade - 4.11 to 5.x Message-ID: <200612101654.14590.beech@alaskaparadise.com> In-Reply-To: <457CA91E.3060006@winterhill.net> References: <457CA91E.3060006@winterhill.net>
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--nextPart2079962.lYotq00EbR Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Sunday 10 December 2006 15:41, Valen Jones wrote: > I'm interested in upgrading from 4.11 to 5.x. I currently track 4.x > stable using cvsup, but I've never done a major version upgrade. > > First, should I bother? My hardware has dual pentium 1.13 processors > with 1G ram (I'm considering maxing it out at 4). I host a few domains > on this machine and I have four jails configured on it which will have > to be upgraded too. I have users counting particularly on mail service > not being down for too long. > > Other than the obvious advice to start with a good backup, can anyone > tell me: > > 1) Will I gain a major benefit from upgrading Yes, all development and support for 4.x will cease in a couple of months. > 2) Where should I look for instructions / advice on upgrading The handbook,, search the lists and read UPGRADING. > 3) Also any general advice from personal experience. If you're going to upgrade you might as well run 6.x. 5.x tended to be=20 problematic and 6.x is far more stable in my opinion. The ideal way is to d= o=20 a clean install. For one thing the filesystem has undergone significant=20 improvements which you won't have the benefit of unless you clean install.= =20 Other than that consider doing a binary upgrade, otherwise you will have to= =20 upgrade to 5.x before going to 6.x. Search this list as this exact subject= =20 came up a few days ago with some fairly detailed responses. Also, you shoul= d=20 plan on rebuilding ALL your ports even if your running compat 4. Good luck, Beech=20 =2D-=20 =2D------------------------------------------------------------------------= =2D------------- Beech Rintoul - Sys. Administrator - beech@alaskaparadise.com /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | Alaska Paradise Travel \ / - NO HTML/RTF in e-mail | 201 East 9Th Avenue Ste.310 X - NO Word docs in e-mail | Anchorage, AK 99501 / \ - Please visit Alaska Paradise - http://www.alaskaparadise.com =2D------------------------------------------------------------------------= =2D------------- --nextPart2079962.lYotq00EbR Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBFfLpGp5D0B1NlT4URAmPQAJ9F7ZBreADoGQOz8pafrvq09w6UnwCeIjY+ 2BngcUeThEivvfFV0ppLFWQ= =t/HJ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart2079962.lYotq00EbR--
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