Date: Sun, 02 Mar 2008 13:06:21 -0600 From: Derek Ragona <derek@computinginnovations.com> To: Ezat - Ezatech <ezat@ezatech.com.au>, Bogdan =?iso-8859-1?Q?=C4=86ulibrk?= <bc@default.co.yu> Cc: tundra@tundraware.com, FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: So How Hard Is Moving From 6.3 To 7.0? Message-ID: <6.0.0.22.2.20080302125549.02522b58@mail.computinginnovations.com> In-Reply-To: <47CA8EC3.2090004@ezatech.com.au> References: <47A3C37B.10707@tundraware.com> <47CA89CE.7070503@default.co.yu> <47CA8EC3.2090004@ezatech.com.au>
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At 05:25 AM 3/2/2008, Ezat - Ezatech wrote: > Would tend to agree. > I just lost a machines hdd so it's a good opportunity to build with > latest release but otherwise, i have still have a 6.0 box running > strong and executing tasks which it was built for.=C2 No plans to > upgrade. > ezat > Bogdan =C4=86ulibrk wrote: > > ---=3D --BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > Tim Daneliuk wrote: > | I have a stable 6.3 production server. > I would stop right there. Question is why would you change > something > that simply works? > - -- > Best regards, > Bogdan Culibrk Why upgrade? In my case it was that performance would be so much better=20 under 7 than under 6.X. It is inevitable that systems need to be upgraded= =20 as versions become EOL (end of life and no longer supported) or=20 replaced. In my case I run FreeBSD on servers which have a much longer=20 life than client desktops or laptops. For those that have been doing FreeBSD a while, as I have since 1.X. Each= =20 upgrade has its problems. It just takes some patience and ingenuity to=20 work around them. These mailing lists with the large community help a=20 great deal. -Derek --=20 This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
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