Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 21:42:55 -0400 From: John <papalia@udel.edu> To: "Dan O'Connor" <dan@mostgraveconcern.com>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>, "Mike" <mike@mikesweb.com> Subject: Re: 2.2.x to 4.0 Message-ID: <4.3.1.2.20000719213924.00a9e380@mail.udel.edu> In-Reply-To: <01c301bff1e8$77485900$0200000a@danco>
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> >What is the best way to upgrade a server from 2.2.6-RELEASE to 4.0-STABLE? > >It has a SCSI hdd, and I've read that the drive names go from sd to da > >after the 2's.. Any help is appreciated.. > >There was quite a big leap from 2.2.x to 3.0 and another, although not quite >as big, leap from 3.x to 4.0. > >I've heard one way is to upgrade to 3.5-STABLE, then upgrade again to >4.0-STABLE (soon to be 4.1). Rumour has it 2.2.x to 4.0 direct isn't >feasible. > >Personally, I'd back up all my data, make note of all my server configs, and >install 4.0 from scratch... Really depends on how masochistic you are :) I've gone from 2.2.6 to 4.x-stable, but over time... From what I recall doing (and being told I "had to" do), you'd need to: 2.2.6-->2.2.8 (is this step *really* necessary though?) 2.2.8-->3.0 3.0-->3.4 aout-to-elf 3.4-->4.x That's about what it's been in the past year? Knowing the amount of time it took for the make worlds, and especially the aout-to-elf conversion, I strongly second the back-up-and-wipe method :) Good luck, john To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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