Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2007 17:45:20 +0200 From: Guido Demmenie <rottweilertje@rottnic.nl> To: Jean-Paul Natola <jnatola@familycareintl.org> Cc: FreeBSD Users Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: UPGRADing from 5.4- Sysinstall or makeworld Message-ID: <8625A948-4000-4CE4-A708-102523A421B9@rottnic.nl> In-Reply-To: <3A85D7EF44E1C744BF6434691F5659E9702B16@www.fcimail.org> References: <3A85D7EF44E1C744BF6434691F5659E9702B16@www.fcimail.org>
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On Apr 2, 2007, at 5:20 PM, Jean-Paul Natola wrote: > I do not have /usr/src/UPDATING > > > > I have > > > > # locate UPDATING > > /usr/local/share/doc/exim/README.UPDATING > > /usr/ports/UPDATING > > /usr/ports/mail/dspam/files/UPDATING > > /usr/ports/mail/dspam-devel/files/UPDATING After you did a cvsup with "src-all" in the supfile there should be a /usr/src/UPDATING file. Read it before updating, it can help you not getting in trouble. I just did an upgrade although that was from 6.0 to 6.2 so not perfectly comparable. But it workedout fi. e, I used the nex thowto: http://mikestammer.com/dokuwiki/bsd:updateos The howto is only fine, although I had some issues with understanding mergemaster. Mergemaster askes you whether to use the new file, the old file or to merge them. When merging them it gives a left and a right file and the diffs of it. You just have to select which one of them you want to keep. Well, good luck and make sure you have a working level 0 dump at hand to restore in case everything goes wrong. -- Guido www.rottnic.nl 0 > > ________________________________ > > From: Derek Ragona [mailto:derek@computinginnovations.com] > Sent: Monday, April 02, 2007 11:02 AM > To: Jean-Paul Natola; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: UPGRADing from 5.4- Sysinstall or makeworld > > > > The difference is a binary upgrade using sysinstall booting a later > version > CD or using cvsup and a source install. Both should work fine for > your > setup. If you want to go to 6.X you should go to 5.5 first. > > Read /usr/src/UPDATING in all cases. > > -Derek > > > At 09:44 AM 4/2/2007, Jean-Paul Natola wrote: > > > > Hi everyone, > > I'm think I really need to upgrade from 5.4 as I'm having a slew > of issues > with my programs- specifically exim-sa-clamav- > > My concern is that this was the only BSD install I had ever done with > assistance from a colleague from across the border- So all I have > been doing > for the past year is cvsup-ing and portupgrading- however as mentioned > earlier I'm running into issues that are consuming too much time > for me to > resolve as I am a one man IT department here. > > The first thing I'd like to know is if my box can indeed handle the > upgrade > to 6.2 - > > I have the following hardware- > > PIII 500mhz > 256 ram > 8 gig hard-drive > > The ONLY thing I use this box for is to filter mail that then gets > passed to > my exchange server- > > Are there any gotcha's I need to lookout for before attempting this > upgrade, > since this filters my e-mail if I screw up- I will have no incoming > mail- > lest I choose to redirect my SMTP directly to my mail server- NOT A > GOOD > IDEA. > > So I see there are two methods of upgrading - sysinstall or > makeworld- what > would be the optimal choice for someone with limited experience in > the BSD > world- > > Thanks >
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