Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 19:18:29 +0200 From: Diomidis Spinellis <dds@aueb.gr> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Upgrading from 4 to 6 Message-ID: <45B794E5.4070709@aueb.gr>
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With the EOL of FreeBSD 4.X coming close, I'm in the process of upgrading to 6.2. According to http://www.freebsd.org/releases/5.4R/migration-guide.html#UPGRADE "Probably the most straightforward approach is that of ``backup everything, reformat, reinstall, and restore user data''." However, things are not that simple, because a system typically has many configured files, other than user data. I'm currently setting up a new 6.2 system on a VMWare host trying to mirror the existing system. After a clean installation of 6.2, I also installed ports and some CPAN modules. I then configured the apache configuration files, the sendmail local host file, the named masters and configuration file, /etc/inetd.conf, /etc/rc.conf, and the imap certificates. Just before the switchoover, I'll also also need to copy the users parts of /etc/passwd* and /etc/group, the mail aliases, the httpd logs, the user mailboxes in /var/mail, and, of course, /home. However, I have an uneasy feeling I may miss copying/adjusting some files. Although I've documented the changes I made to the original system from 2002 onward, the documentation is a 1000-line file and I can't be sure it is 100% complete or that I will spot all required changes. Is there a checklist or a procedure for restoring a 4.X system configuration to a system running 6.X? Am I missing any obvious files or directories I should copy over? Diomidis Spinellis - http://www.spinellis.gr
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