From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jul 17 21:00:14 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 386D716A4CF; Sat, 17 Jul 2004 21:00:14 +0000 (GMT) Received: from lakermmtao03.cox.net (lakermmtao03.cox.net [68.230.240.36]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AAB0C43D3F; Sat, 17 Jul 2004 21:00:13 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from A.J.Caines@halplant.com) Received: from mail.halplant.com ([68.100.60.90]) by lakermmtao03.cox.net (InterMail vM.6.01.03.02 201-2131-111-104-20040324) with ESMTP id <20040717210013.KHQ27456.lakermmtao03.cox.net@mail.halplant.com>; Sat, 17 Jul 2004 17:00:13 -0400 Received: by mail.halplant.com (Postfix, from userid 1001) id EDCEA550D; Sat, 17 Jul 2004 17:00:12 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2004 17:00:12 -0400 From: Andrew J Caines To: stable@freebsd.org, questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20040717210012.GB30013@hal9000.halplant.com> Mail-Followup-To: stable@freebsd.org, questions@freebsd.org References: <40F92085.9040500@elvandar.org> <200407172048.WAA24208@galaxy.hbg.de.ao-srv.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200407172048.WAA24208@galaxy.hbg.de.ao-srv.com> Organization: H.A.L. Plant X-PGP-Fingerprint: C59A 2F74 1139 9432 B457 0B61 DDF2 AA61 67C3 18A1 X-Powered-by: FreeBSD 4.10-STABLE X-URL: http://halplant.com:88/ X-Yahoo-Profile: AJ_Z0 X-ICQ: 283813972 Importance: Normal User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i Subject: Re: upgrading form 4.2 to 5.x X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Andrew J Caines List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2004 21:00:14 -0000 Conventional wisdom is that upgrading over major versions is an interesting academic exercise and an a great display of the power and flexibility of the platform, but that if you're just trying to get a working system then a clean install is the preferred method. With good separation of system, application and data, it shouldn't be difficult. -Andrew- -- _______________________________________________________________________ | -Andrew J. Caines- Unix Systems Engineer A.J.Caines@halplant.com | | "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary | | safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" - Benjamin Franklin, 1759 |