Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2001 14:38:35 -0700 From: Kent Stewart <kstewart@owt.com> To: xphilius@yahoo.com Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Best upgrade path from 4.1 Release to 4.4 Release, via CVsup if possible Message-ID: <3BCF4BDB.3BB33F1F@owt.com> References: <20011018213117.13157.qmail@web11802.mail.yahoo.com>
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X Philius wrote: > > Kent, > Cool. That makes sense. Binary upgrade, meaning to use sysinstall, right? Sorry if this was a > redundant post, I have been scanning this group for a while (since last Nov.), but I did not > honestly search the archive before posting this. And thanks for the security tip, I *think* I am > running a pretty tight box; only SSH access to the box, passwords for all members of wheel are > *'ed out, I'm using IPFW to block out all those mysterious ports that I don't understand, and a > high Kernel security level. However, I am itching to get upgraded and start following the security > patches more closely, I know I am pushing it running 4.1 Release, thus my attempt to upgrade via > source instead of taking the easy way out. I'll try upgrading my junk machine to 4.2 and then up > to 4.4 and see how that goes. You've been most helpful. Let me know if the 4.1>4.2r>4.4r works. Usually, you boot from the floppies and do the upgrade from there. It uses sysinstall. I don't know of a way to do it from the normal /stand/sysinstall. You have too many processes running in real time and I wouldn't trust it to begin with. kent > > Jason > > --- Kent Stewart <kstewart@owt.com> wrote: > > > > If you go look at the archives, you will find the suggested way is to > > binary upgrade. Your problem was only fixed in 4.4-stable and then only > > recently. > > > > I really think you should try 4.2-r and then 4.4-r. BTW, there are > > massive security holes until you get to 4.4. So, turn off everything in > > inetd.conf. > > > > Kent > > > > > > > > Jason > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. > http://personals.yahoo.com -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA http://users.owt.com/kstewart Carl Sagan quote on Seti@home http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/pale_blue_dot.html To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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