Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2010 23:42:23 -0500 From: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> To: Martin McCormick <martin@dc.cis.okstate.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Upgrading Standing Systems from 6.3 to 8.0 Message-ID: <19272.2351.717096.449820@jerusalem.litteratus.org> In-Reply-To: <201001082146.o08LkAt5082535@dc.cis.okstate.edu> References: <201001082146.o08LkAt5082535@dc.cis.okstate.edu>
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Martin McCormick writes: > Can one upgrade a standing system from 6.3 to 8.0? > > We do have a few sacrificial systems to try the big upgrade on, > but the actual systems are scattered through 3 towns over 200 > miles. Not a one is just down the hall so it is all going to have > to be done remotely. Is it possible to have someone swap the hard disks of those machines? Because not only are you going to have to upgrade the OS twice, you're going to have to re-install all the ports. (OK, you may not _have_ to reinstall - compatibility libraries exist - but it is clearly the path of greatest reliability.) It's just as easy to start with a clean installation, which has other benefits as well. Robert Huff
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