From owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Tue Aug 4 14:13:52 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C9F1E9B26D1 for ; Tue, 4 Aug 2015 14:13:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from todorov@paladin.bulgarpress.com) Received: from mail.prolet.org (mail.prolet.org [195.24.42.5]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 83360CED for ; Tue, 4 Aug 2015 14:13:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from todorov@paladin.bulgarpress.com) Received: from amorphis.prolet.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.prolet.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 567203380C46; Tue, 4 Aug 2015 17:13:50 +0300 (EEST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at mail.prolet.org Received: from mail.prolet.org ([127.0.0.1]) by amorphis.prolet.org (amorphis.prolet.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id zFMWprt3io3R; Tue, 4 Aug 2015 17:13:44 +0300 (EEST) Received: from [192.168.10.221] (unknown [213.91.150.2]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.prolet.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 159933380C45; Tue, 4 Aug 2015 17:13:43 +0300 (EEST) Message-ID: <55C0C896.1080104@paladin.bulgarpress.com> Date: Tue, 04 Aug 2015 17:13:42 +0300 From: Todor Todorov User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.8.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Kurt Jaeger , freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Upgrade SRC built i386 8.4 to 10.1 questions References: <55C0B54A.3050307@paladin.bulgarpress.com> <20150804130951.GA40589@home.opsec.eu> In-Reply-To: <20150804130951.GA40589@home.opsec.eu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 04 Aug 2015 14:13:52 -0000 На 4.08.2015 в 16:09, Kurt Jaeger написа: > Hi! > >> I have doubts after reading info in the internet. Case is as following - >> starting point source built i386 8.4 FreeBSD needs to be upgraded to 10.1. > Is the kernel GENERIC ? > > I've build systems from some version 8.x to 8.4 using source > and the GENERIC kernel. > > Then updated to 9.3 using freebsd-upgrade and then to 10.1 using > freebsd-upgrade. The 8.x binaries from the packages still run. > >> I've used livecd to see that it boots and supports the hardware in advance. >> >> The questions are: >> >> 1. can I use freebsd-update to migrate to 10.1 i386 >> 2. can I use freebsd-update to migrate to 10.1 amd64 > If it's i386 right now, you can't sidegrade. > >> 3. can I use source buildkernel + buildworld to migrate i386 8.4 to >> amd64 10.1 > Hmm, maybe from i386 8.4 to amd64 8.4, that might work. > Hi, yes GENERIC+PAE support - I have 6GB RAM and works OK on i386+PAE (as mailserver). I can live w/ i386 just observing the options to migrate it during the planned time. Anyway not a must. Thank you and the rest of the people sending the info. I will read carefully the links and evaluate. Very useful info for my case. Thanks