Date: Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:10:55 +0200 From: Manolis Kiagias <sonicy@otenet.gr> To: Alex Huth <a.huth@tmr.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: binary upgrade 6.2 Message-ID: <4B16675F.5050401@otenet.gr> In-Reply-To: <20091202103031.GE4834@borusse.borussiapark> References: <20091202103031.GE4834@borusse.borussiapark>
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Alex Huth wrote: > Hi! > > I am trying to upgrade a 6.2-RELEASE to 6.4-RELEASE, but `freebsd-update -r > 6.4-RELEASE upgrade` is not available in this version. Can i upgrade this or > do i have to go the old way? Unfortunately the `pkg_add -r cvsup` does not > find the package for it. > > Thx > > Alex > > You will have to download a version of freebsd-update for 6.2. There are instructions here: http://www.freebsd.org/releases/6.3R/announce.html under "FreeBSD Update". and also more details on C. Percival's blog: http://www.daemonology.net/blog/2007-11-10-freebsd-minor-version-upgrade.html Done this for 6.2 to 6.3 back in the day, and it worked fine. I believe you will have no trouble going to 6.4 as well. Just a quick note: Make sure you have enough space under /var. There is a /var/freebsd-update directory there that holds a lot of data during the upgrade, and later releases always bring in more data. If /var is mostly full, symlink /var/freebsd-update somewhere in /usr. This has saved me once.
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