Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2003 08:18:19 -0600 From: Stephen Hilton <nospam@hiltonbsd.com> To: <artem@mipk-kspu.kharkov.ua> Cc: <freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG>, <song@isot.com> Subject: Re: Upgrading from 3.3 Message-ID: <20030311081819.0e7e28c2.nospam@hiltonbsd.com> In-Reply-To: <3E6DAB3F.9000605@mipk-kspu.kharkov.ua> References: <87CAE486F1968A4B823A6CEEB23B8D8D738194@hermes2.intranet.eurotrust.dk> <009801c2e7ad$5d3afaa0$2b32a8c0@hemligt.net> <3E6DAB3F.9000605@mipk-kspu.kharkov.ua>
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On Tue, 11 Mar 2003 11:24:15 +0200 "Artyom V. Viklenko" <artem@mipk-kspu.kharkov.ua> wrote: [snip] > This is wery long procedure... And what about additional packages? > They all should be reinstalled/updated. IMHO, much better would be > to install new system and merge configuration into it from old one. > This was my scenario many-many months ago ( move from 3.3-RELEASE to > 4.1.1-RELEASE ). I agreee with Artyom on this one :-) To properly go from 3.3 to 4.X the best process would be a fresh install. If another hard drive is available I would pull the 3.3 HD, install 4.X on the new hard drive, then add the 3.3 drive back as a second drive and mount the partitions as several read-only volumes. At this point you can then merge your changes onto the newer system, but are also able to go back at any point to the 3.3 drive by swapping cables. If down time is an issue, than get/borrow a second machine and get the new HD setup and software installed and tuned, then swap the drives between the "setup" machine and the "production" machine. The src update process can be done in several steps, but there is going to be a lot of "cruft" from the 3.3 system left over when you are done. Regards, Stephen Hilton nospam@hiltonbsd.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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