Re: Upgrading from FreeBSD 4.10 to 8.1?

2011-01-07 Thread krad
On 6 January 2011 16:40, Mike Tancsa m...@sentex.net wrote: On 1/6/2011 11:27 AM, Robert Huff wrote: patrick writes: I know this is a bit crazy, but is there any opinion as to whether a binary upgrade using an 8.1 CD would work to upgrade a system running 4.10? Normally I would

Re: Upgrading from FreeBSD 4.10 to 8.1?

2011-01-07 Thread Frank Shute
On Thu, Jan 06, 2011 at 07:45:28AM -0800, patrick wrote: I know this is a bit crazy, but is there any opinion as to whether a binary upgrade using an 8.1 CD would work to upgrade a system running 4.10? Normally I would want to do a fresh install, but it's at a remote client site where it's

Re: Upgrading from FreeBSD 4.10 to 8.1?

2011-01-07 Thread Erik Trulsson
On Fri, Jan 07, 2011 at 12:02:59PM +, Frank Shute wrote: On Thu, Jan 06, 2011 at 07:45:28AM -0800, patrick wrote: I know this is a bit crazy, but is there any opinion as to whether a binary upgrade using an 8.1 CD would work to upgrade a system running 4.10? Normally I would want to

Re: Upgrading from FreeBSD 4.10 to 8.1?

2011-01-07 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Fri, Jan 07, 2011 at 03:05:14PM +0100, Erik Trulsson wrote: On Fri, Jan 07, 2011 at 12:02:59PM +, Frank Shute wrote: On Thu, Jan 06, 2011 at 07:45:28AM -0800, patrick wrote: I know this is a bit crazy, but is there any opinion as to whether a binary upgrade using an 8.1 CD

Re: Upgrading from FreeBSD 4.10 to 8.1?

2011-01-07 Thread Devin Teske
Sent from my iPhone On Jan 7, 2011, at 7:07 AM, Jerry McAllister jerr...@msu.edu wrote: On Fri, Jan 07, 2011 at 03:05:14PM +0100, Erik Trulsson wrote: On Fri, Jan 07, 2011 at 12:02:59PM +, Frank Shute wrote: On Thu, Jan 06, 2011 at 07:45:28AM -0800, patrick wrote: I know this is a

Re: Upgrading from FreeBSD 4.10 to 8.1?

2011-01-07 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Fri, Jan 07, 2011 at 07:50:20AM -0800, Devin Teske wrote: Sent from my iPhone On Jan 7, 2011, at 7:07 AM, Jerry McAllister jerr...@msu.edu wrote: On Fri, Jan 07, 2011 at 03:05:14PM +0100, Erik Trulsson wrote: On Fri, Jan 07, 2011 at 12:02:59PM +, Frank Shute wrote: On

Upgrading from FreeBSD 4.10 to 8.1?

2011-01-06 Thread patrick
I know this is a bit crazy, but is there any opinion as to whether a binary upgrade using an 8.1 CD would work to upgrade a system running 4.10? Normally I would want to do a fresh install, but it's at a remote client site where it's not going to be easy to do it that way, and I'm going to need to

Re: Upgrading from FreeBSD 4.10 to 8.1?

2011-01-06 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Thu, Jan 06, 2011 at 07:45:28AM -0800, patrick wrote: I know this is a bit crazy, but is there any opinion as to whether a binary upgrade using an 8.1 CD would work to upgrade a system running 4.10? Normally I would want to do a fresh install, but it's at a remote client site where it's

Upgrading from FreeBSD 4.10 to 8.1?

2011-01-06 Thread Robert Huff
patrick writes: I know this is a bit crazy, but is there any opinion as to whether a binary upgrade using an 8.1 CD would work to upgrade a system running 4.10? Normally I would want to do a fresh install, but it's at a remote client site where it's not going to be easy to do it that

Re: Upgrading from FreeBSD 4.10 to 8.1?

2011-01-06 Thread Mike Tancsa
On 1/6/2011 11:27 AM, Robert Huff wrote: patrick writes: I know this is a bit crazy, but is there any opinion as to whether a binary upgrade using an 8.1 CD would work to upgrade a system running 4.10? Normally I would want to do a fresh install, but it's at a remote client site where

Upgrading from FreeBSD 4.10 to 8.1?

2011-01-06 Thread grarpamp
I know I'll take heat from everyone else who responded saying to effectively ship a new box. But maybe this user has significant costs involved with that. Along with any other reasons... v4 to v8 can be done. I've done it entirely live over the net. Nothing crazy about it. The basic idea is that

Re: Upgrading from FreeBSD 4.10 to 8.1?

2011-01-06 Thread Devin Teske
Sharing some of our experiences here at VICOR. On Thu, 2011-01-06 at 15:55 -0500, grarpamp wrote: I know I'll take heat from everyone else who responded saying to effectively ship a new box. But maybe this user has significant costs involved with that. Along with any other reasons... Our