Re: is upgrading from 4.x to 6.x possible?
On 02/09/06 06:05 Erik Trulsson said the following: The other option available is of course to make a backup of all data and config files, make a new clean install of 6.x, and then restore files from backup. which is exactly what i did and something i'd recommend for all 4.x to 6.x direct upgrades. there's been a lot of changes in freebsd since 4.x and a clean reinstall of 6.x will ensure that this gets to you with the least amount of problems. -- Regards, /\_/\ All dogs go to heaven. [EMAIL PROTECTED](0 0)http://www.alphaque.com/ +==oOO--(_)--OOo==+ | for a in past present future; do| | for b in clients employers associates relatives neighbours pets; do | | echo The opinions here in no way reflect the opinions of my $a $b. | | done; done | +=+ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: is upgrading from 4.x to 6.x possible?
Dinesh Nair writes: The other option available is of course to make a backup of all data and config files, make a new clean install of 6.x, and then restore files from backup. which is exactly what i did and something i'd recommend for all 4.x to 6.x direct upgrades. there's been a lot of changes in freebsd since 4.x and a clean reinstall of 6.x will ensure that this gets to you with the least amount of problems. While I 've done source upgrades across major version bumps, my recommendation is (if at alll feasible) to buy a new disk and start over. It's amazing the amount of crud that accumulates on most people's disks. Mount the old disk read-only, and copy off any desired files, then store it as ultimate backup for six months or so. Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: is upgrading from 4.x to 6.x possible?
To take advantage of the new file system ufs2 which became part of FreeBSD in 5.0 you need to install from scratch. You are so far behind that its far better to start over again after saving your user data. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Mikhail Teterin Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2006 4:10 PM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: is upgrading from 4.x to 6.x possible? Is there a procedure for upgrading 4.x to 6.x? Simply doing `buildworld' does not work -- even make can not be rebuilt without the stdint.h, for example. Thanks for advice. Yours, -mi ___ 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: is upgrading from 4.x to 6.x possible?
On Wed, Feb 08, 2006 at 04:10:02PM -0500, Mikhail Teterin wrote: Is there a procedure for upgrading 4.x to 6.x? Simply doing `buildworld' does not work -- even make can not be rebuilt without the stdint.h, for example. If you are trying to upgrade via source you will have to first upgrade from 4.x to 5.x and then from 5.x to 6.x. I don't think it is possible to go directly from 4.x to 6.x. The other option available is of course to make a backup of all data and config files, make a new clean install of 6.x, and then restore files from backup. -- Insert your favourite quote here. Erik Trulsson [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
