Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2004 19:51:24 +0200 From: Alex de Kruijff <freebsd@akruijff.dds.nl> To: Eric Crist <ecrist@secure-computing.net> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Upgrade from 4.10-p3 to 5.3-BETA7 Message-ID: <20041016175124.GA807@alex.lan> In-Reply-To: <693F51B4-1F7F-11D9-9B1A-000D9333E43C@secure-computing.net> References: <693F51B4-1F7F-11D9-9B1A-000D9333E43C@secure-computing.net>
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On Sat, Oct 16, 2004 at 09:26:47AM -0500, Eric Crist wrote: > Hello list, > > I've tried in the past to complete an upgrade from 4.x to 5.x with > little luck. Most people I've talked to indicate the only way to > accomplish this is to do a complete reinstall. I was wondering if > anyone now has been able to do this. I have one system that does all > my server operations, and I can't afford to take it completely offline > for a rebuild. > > Any documents or information you might have would be helpful. You may want to wait until the release of 5.3 if its a production server. Afther this time you can do a normal cvsup & buildworld procedure. Make sure you follow this to the letter!!! You can find information about all this in the handbook. www.freebsd.org/handbook Reinstalling FreeBSD 5 is saver and you'll end up with more features. There is a option to do a background fsck check that you migth miss because of this. -- Alex Please copy the original recipients, otherwise I may not read your reply. WWW: http://www.kruijff.org/alex/FreeBSD/
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