From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Fri Feb 26 15:55:58 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E0632AB5E67 for ; Fri, 26 Feb 2016 15:55:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (mailman.ysv.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::50:5]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CEC371248 for ; Fri, 26 Feb 2016 15:55:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) id C9B1FAB5E66; Fri, 26 Feb 2016 15:55:58 +0000 (UTC) Delivered-To: questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C94B8AB5E65 for ; Fri, 26 Feb 2016 15:55:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from mx02.qsc.de (mx02.qsc.de [213.148.130.14]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 96C551247 for ; Fri, 26 Feb 2016 15:55:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from r56.edvax.de (port-92-195-20-226.dynamic.qsc.de [92.195.20.226]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx02.qsc.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D109C2769F; Fri, 26 Feb 2016 16:55:56 +0100 (CET) Received: from r56.edvax.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by r56.edvax.de (8.14.5/8.14.5) with SMTP id u1QFtufo002302; Fri, 26 Feb 2016 16:55:56 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2016 16:55:56 +0100 From: Polytropon To: sathiyaraj v Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: upgrade from 4.2 to 6.2 Message-Id: <20160226165556.16940e82.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: References: <20160226161309.85976ddc.freebsd@edvax.de> Reply-To: Polytropon Organization: EDVAX X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.1.1 (GTK+ 2.24.5; i386-portbld-freebsd8.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2016 15:55:59 -0000 On Fri, 26 Feb 2016 20:59:22 +0530, sathiyaraj v wrote: > Hi, > Thanks for the information. Where can I find the precompiled package for > 6.2? I am just checking some bug fixes. You can find them here: http://ftp-archive.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD-Archive/old-releases/powerpc/6.2-RELEASE/ Set $PACKAGESITE accordingly for pkg_add to work as intended. See "man pkg_add" for details. > (Tcp sync crash fix)So from 4.2 to > 10.2 is a long journey for me. It is, but you might have good reasons to keep an older (or unsupported) version running. However, using the currently supported version is usually advised. http://www.freebsd.org/platforms/ppc.html https://wiki.freebsd.org/powerpc But with a "new installation after backup" approach the distance between two versions is "one maintenance session", no matter what those version are. :-) > Can you help me to upgrade 6.2 ? If that > works for me let me think of upgrading 10.2. Refer to my last post for a broad outline of how to do it. Basically, it's "backup, install new, restore selected stuff"). But allow me to re-emphasize the importance of a backup. :-) For more specific information, contact the "freebsd-ppc" mailing list (as you might run into situations specific to the ppc architecture). http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ppc -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...