Re: update packages or reinstall
Glen Barber wrote: Gary Hartl said: I'm considering just wiping the system clean and starting from scratch to say either 6.4-release or 7.0 release. For what it's worth, I've (so far) had 50% luck with 7.1. My home server runs nothing special, mostly development stuff and the occasional X session. I attempted to upgrade to 7.1 from 6.3-STABLE yesterday, and to make a long story short, am now running 6.4-RELEASE. If you do decide to go with 7.1, I'd test drive it first, before committing that machine to that OS. So far, I've had no problems with 6.4-* on any of my machines. Regards, I installed 7.0 from scratch and its rock hard. 7.1 release may be 6 months or longer away from being released and its not completely tested yet or ready for production. Make backups of your data on 6.4 you want to move forward and install 7.0 from scratch. Nothing is better that a brand new system to add your ports to. Use pkg_add -r command to add your ports. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: update packages or reinstall
Gary Hartl said: I'm considering just wiping the system clean and starting from scratch to say either 6.4-release or 7.0 release. For what it's worth, I've (so far) had 50% luck with 7.1. My home server runs nothing special, mostly development stuff and the occasional X session. I attempted to upgrade to 7.1 from 6.3-STABLE yesterday, and to make a long story short, am now running 6.4-RELEASE. If you do decide to go with 7.1, I'd test drive it first, before committing that machine to that OS. So far, I've had no problems with 6.4-* on any of my machines. Regards, -- Glen Barber ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: update packages or reinstall
Hi all; Ok I've got a system running 6.0-release, it is an internal server and has nothing important on it. I'm running into problems where a lot of the packages are old and out of date, and everyday it seems I'm having to update 5-6 of em for something or another. I'm considering just wiping the system clean and starting from scratch to say either 6.4-release or 7.0 release. It is a sun netra x1 with a ultrasparc IIe 400mhz and 512mb ram. The machine is here at my location, so accessibility is no problem at all I know it is primarily my choice but feedback on whether a total wipe and reinstall with something a bit more current would be a better choice than fixing what I have. If you are in a position where a complete reinstall is possible/reasonable then I would do that. Make good backups and check their readability before burning any bridges. jerry Any suggestions for 7.0 or 6.4? Thanks Gary All feedback welcome. Thanks Gary ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: update packages or reinstall
On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 11:25:57AM -0500, Gary Hartl wrote: Hi all; Ok I've got a system running 6.0-release, it is an internal server and has nothing important on it. I'm running into problems where a lot of the packages are old and out of date, and everyday it seems I'm having to update 5-6 of em for something or another. I'm considering just wiping the system clean and starting from scratch to say either 6.4-release or 7.0 release. It is a sun netra x1 with a ultrasparc IIe 400mhz and 512mb ram. The machine is here at my location, so accessibility is no problem at all I know it is primarily my choice but feedback on whether a total wipe and reinstall with something a bit more current would be a better choice than fixing what I have. If you are in a position where a complete reinstall is possible/reasonable then I would do that. Make good backups and check their readability before burning any bridges. jerry Any suggestions for 7.0 or 6.4? Go with 7.1 jerry Thanks Gary All feedback welcome. Thanks Gary ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
