From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Apr 27 16:28:59 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D270F9D2 for ; Sat, 27 Apr 2013 16:28:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bsd@todoo.biz) Received: from newmail.rmm.fr (newmail.rmm.fr [213.251.152.9]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 98D4D103C for ; Sat, 27 Apr 2013 16:28:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from newmail.rmm.fr (newmail.rmm.fr [213.251.152.9]) by newmail.rmm.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id BD9E419D6F7 for ; Sat, 27 Apr 2013 18:28:58 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new 2.8.0 (20120630) at rmm.fr Received: from newmail.rmm.fr ([213.251.152.9]) by newmail.rmm.fr (newmail.rmm.fr [213.251.152.9]) (amavisd-new, port 10026) with ESMTP id gD40DuFNwXz4 for ; Sat, 27 Apr 2013 18:28:58 +0200 (CEST) Received: from newmail.rmm.fr (newmail.rmm.fr [87.98.206.99]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: hidden) by newmail.rmm.fr (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 8ABFD19D6F2 for ; Sat, 27 Apr 2013 18:28:58 +0200 (CEST) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 6.3 \(1503\)) Subject: Re: Upgrading from 7.4 to 9.1 From: "bsd@todoo.biz" In-Reply-To: <20859.63642.599460.21668@jerusalem.litteratus.org> Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2013 18:28:58 +0200 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: References: <91783164-A3FF-4225-8DBC-6C013CF1FD34@todoo.biz> <20859.63642.599460.21668@jerusalem.litteratus.org> To: Liste FreeBSD X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1503) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2013 16:28:59 -0000 Le 27 avr. 2013 =E0 18:11, Robert Huff a =E9crit : >=20 > bsd@todoo.biz writes: >=20 >> I wanted to know if you would consider updating from 7.4 to 9.1 >> directly ? >>=20 >> Has anyone tried that with success ?=20 >=20 > Someone, somewhere. :-) > =09 >> I plan to use the freebsd-update method.=20 >=20 > Less sure about this. >=20 > While it is certainly possible, many (myself included) will > recommend a clean install. Doing so has the following advantages: >=20 > 1) while it requires an unused disk, the old disk is still > available if anything Goes Horribly Wrong(tm). > 2) once the 9.1 system is fully functional, you can mount the > 7.4 disk read-only and copy any needed files. > 3) it will also de-clutter the file systems. > 4) speaking of file systems, you can add/delete/change > partitions to implement lessons learned since the 7.4 system > was installed. Well to tell you the truth, the main reason I was asking is that I'll = have to visit my datacenter in order to do a clean install=85 as opposed = to remote upgrade.=20 So I was wondering if that could be ok.=20 But I'll stick to your advice.=20 Unless someone else tells me that It is a painless rapid update.=20 Thx.=20 >=20 >=20 > Respectfully, >=20 >=20 > Robert Huff >=20 ________________________________________________ =AB?=BB=A5=AB?=BB=A7=AB?=BB=A5=AB?=BB=A7=AB?=BB=A5=AB?=BB=A7=AB?=BB=A5=AB?= =BB=A7=AB?=BB=A5=AB?=BB=A7=AB?=BB=A5=AB?=BB=A7 =AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF= =AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF BSD - BSD - BSD - BSD - BSD - BSD - BSD - BSD - ________________________________________________ =AB?=BB=A5=AB?=BB=A7=AB?=BB=A5=AB?=BB=A7=AB?=BB=A5=AB?=BB=A7=AB?=BB=A5=AB?= =BB=A7=AB?=BB=A5=AB?=BB=A7=AB?=BB=A5=AB?=BB=A7 =AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF= =AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF PGP ID --> 0x1BA3C2FD