Ralph Ellis writes:
> Usually you have to upgrade from major release to major release
> i.e. 4.8 to 5.5, 5.5 to 6.1 etc. However, if you are only
> protecting data files then copy them to a cd, dvd or separate
> disk drive and do a clean install of 6.1. If you want to protect
> configuration files then you may have to upgrade step by
> step. Upgrading using the make buildworld, make build kernel,
> make install kernel, reboot, make install world, mergemaster
> process is time comsuming. If you only need to protect data, then
> copy it off and do a clean install.
Optimal solution (if available):
change address on old disk, set jumper to "read-only"
install new disk
install FreeBSD on new disk
mount old disk "read-only"
copy as desired
Seriously: you can* source upgrade across major versions - been
there - but every iteration is another possible failure mode.
You'll also be stuck with all the crud left over from previous versions.
Robert Huff
* - unless the Release Engineering folks say otherwise
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