Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 10:59:20 -0800 From: Kent Stewart <kstewart@owt.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Crispy Beef <crispy.beef@ntlworld.com> Subject: Re: 4.6-RELEASE to 6.0-RELEASE... Message-ID: <200601111059.21012.kstewart@owt.com> In-Reply-To: <43C540A1.7060805@ntlworld.com> References: <43C540A1.7060805@ntlworld.com>
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On Wednesday 11 January 2006 09:30 am, Crispy Beef wrote: > Hi, > > I have a production server running 4.6-RELEASE and I would like to > bring it upto date and get 6.0-RELEASE on there. I have a rough idea > of what needs to be done to accomplish this from reading various docs > but it would be nice to see how smoothly it has gone for any others. There have been major changes in processes such as threads. You also=20 have to boot the 5.3 update in single user mode to have a kernel that=20 accepts the new arrangement and then install the userland. Before 5.1=20 or 5.2 it didn't matter much but there was an fs change that you update=20 in single user mode or boot the fix disc to finish the botched update. You also have the problem that probably none of your ports from 4.x will=20 work at 6.0. This could take quite a bit of time to upgrade. I don't think you can do src upgrade remote unless you have a serial=20 console setup. I also think you are better off building new HDs and=20 install them in the remote machine. Kent > > From what I can tell I first need to upgrade to a minimum of > 5.3-RELEASE and then onto 6.0, so I guess doing a cvsup to the > 5.3-RELEASE and then doing buildworld et all? Then from there to > same to get to 6.0? > > My main concern is the filesystem, it's been updated since 4.x? Will > this mess things up? > > The machine is remote so I really need to make sure this works > without making it inaccessible. I have a box here to trial run the > process on so I get the steps correct first time, but thought I'd ask > here too. :-) > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" =2D-=20 Kent Stewart Richland, WA "Nunca te acostar=E1s sin saber una cosa m=E1s" http://users.owt.com/kstewart/index.html
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