Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 08:36:09 -0800 (PST) From: Mike Harding <mvh@ix.netcom.com> To: steffen@vorrix.com Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Major upgrade Message-ID: <20010314163609.49125113D43@netcom1.netcom.com> In-Reply-To: <000e01c0ac9d$abd50040$fd03a8c0@ws001> (steffen@vorrix.com) References: <000e01c0ac9d$abd50040$fd03a8c0@ws001>
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Having done this before I would HIGHLY recommend doing a clean install and restoring the 'good stuff' from backup. You can do the upgrades in place, but it takes a while, and you have to do it in steps, and if you misstep you may blow up the box, and so on. You should know how to do clean installs and backups anyways. Since you have 2 machines, assuming sufficient clear disk space on each, you can back one up onto the other and so on. - Mike H. From: "Steffen Vorrix" <steffen@vorrix.com> Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 10:44:34 -0500 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_000B_01C0AC73.C2523D80" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 X-MDRemoteIP: 208.60.70.195 X-Return-Path: steffen@vorrix.com X-MDaemon-Deliver-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_000B_01C0AC73.C2523D80 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I have been tracking this list for about 3 or 4 weeks now, and I have = learned alot more about FreeBSD then I thought I might. I have = successfully upgrade my two home FreeBSD machines from 4.2 REL to the = current stable version, and everything went just fine. However, I now = need to upgrade 2 production machines for my employer, and these have to = go as painlessly as possible. The problem is that these machines are = 3.4 REL. I have looked through the mail over the past weeks, and I have = found people mention that 3.4 to 4 can have some gotcha's associated = with it, but I haven't seen anything specifically mentioned. Are there = things that I need to watch out for? The reference that I am referring = to was a thread regarding remotely updating servers. While this was = frowned upon by almost everyone in the list, one person specifically = mentioned that remote updating would be a problem from a 3.x to a 4.x. = I don't plan to do any remote updating, but I want to be sure there = aren't other things I need to watch out for. Thanks a bunch. Chris Schremser ------=_NextPart_000_000B_01C0AC73.C2523D80 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.50.4611.1300" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I have been tracking this list for = about 3 or 4=20 weeks now, and I have learned alot more about FreeBSD then I thought I=20 might. I have successfully upgrade my two home FreeBSD machines = from 4.2=20 REL to the current stable version, and everything went just fine. = However,=20 I now need to upgrade 2 production machines for my employer, and these = have to=20 go as painlessly as possible. The problem is that these machines = are 3.4=20 REL. I have looked through the mail over the past weeks, and I = have found=20 people mention that 3.4 to 4 can have some gotcha's associated with it, = but I=20 haven't seen anything specifically mentioned. Are there things = that I need=20 to watch out for? The reference that I am referring to was a = thread=20 regarding remotely updating servers. While this was frowned upon = by almost=20 everyone in the list, one person specifically mentioned that remote = updating=20 would be a problem from a 3.x to a 4.x. I don't plan to do any = remote=20 updating, but I want to be sure there aren't other things I need to = watch out=20 for.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Thanks a bunch.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Chris = Schremser</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_000B_01C0AC73.C2523D80-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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