Re: Which version of FreeBSD is it?

2010-03-18 Thread Tim Judd
On 3/17/10, Антон Клесс antoniok@gmail.com wrote: That is what I suspected for. What is the most safe way to upgrade it, remembering that this is production server and I have to keep it working properly? 6.2-RC1 - 6.2 RELEASE - 7.2 RELEASE - 8.0 RELEASE, or somehow in this style? snip

Re: Which version of FreeBSD is it?

2010-03-18 Thread Ruben de Groot
On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 04:56:20PM +0300, ?? ?? typed: I have the server that's running FreeBSD for the last few years, but I saw it only year ago and know nothing about when and how was installed FreeBSD on it. # uname -a FreeBSD myhost.net 6.2-RC1 FreeBSD 6.2-RC1 #4: Fri

Re: Which version of FreeBSD is it?

2010-03-18 Thread Антон Клесс
2010/3/18 Ruben de Groot mai...@bzerk.org As others have said, it's a RELEASE candidate. But this kernel it's running was compiled earlier this month (March 5). Ruben It is OK, course I have compiled my own kernel by commenting-out unused devices in GENERIC kernconf-file. Sources was

Re: Which version of FreeBSD is it?

2010-03-18 Thread Антон Клесс
18 марта 2010 г. 10:49 пользователь Tim Judd taj...@gmail.com написал: On 3/17/10, Антон Клесс antoniok@gmail.com wrote: That is what I suspected for. What is the most safe way to upgrade it, remembering that this is production server and I have to keep it working properly?

Which version of FreeBSD is it?

2010-03-17 Thread Антон Клесс
I have the server that's running FreeBSD for the last few years, but I saw it only year ago and know nothing about when and how was installed FreeBSD on it. # uname -a FreeBSD myhost.net 6.2-RC1 FreeBSD 6.2-RC1 #4: Fri Mar 5 01:37:03 MSK 2010 r...@myhost.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/MYKERN

Re: Which version of FreeBSD is it?

2010-03-17 Thread Bas v.d. Wiel
On Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:56:20 +0300, Антон Клесс antoniok@gmail.com wrote: I have the server that's running FreeBSD for the last few years, but I saw it only year ago and know nothing about when and how was installed FreeBSD on it. # uname -a FreeBSD myhost.net 6.2-RC1 FreeBSD 6.2-RC1

Re: Which version of FreeBSD is it?

2010-03-17 Thread Антон Клесс
That is what I suspected for. What is the most safe way to upgrade it, remembering that this is production server and I have to keep it working properly? 6.2-RC1 - 6.2 RELEASE - 7.2 RELEASE - 8.0 RELEASE, or somehow in this style? 2010/3/17 Bas v.d. Wiel b...@kompasmedia.nl On Wed, 17 Mar

Re: Which version of FreeBSD is it?

2010-03-17 Thread Ricardo Jesus
On 17/03/2010 14:45, Антон Клесс wrote: That is what I suspected for. What is the most safe way to upgrade it, remembering that this is production server and I have to keep it working properly? 6.2-RC1 - 6.2 RELEASE - 7.2 RELEASE - 8.0 RELEASE, or somehow in this style? 2010/3/17 Bas

Re: Which version of FreeBSD is it?

2010-03-17 Thread Mikolaj Rydzewski
Антон Клесс wrote: That is what I suspected for. What is the most safe way to upgrade it, remembering that this is production server and I have to keep it working properly? 6.2-RC1 - 6.2 RELEASE - 7.2 RELEASE - 8.0 RELEASE, or somehow in this style? If it works, do not fix it! Actually,

Re: Which version of FreeBSD is it?

2010-03-17 Thread Bas v.d. Wiel
On Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:36:38 +0100, Mikolaj Rydzewski m...@ceti.pl wrote: Антон Клесс wrote: That is what I suspected for. What is the most safe way to upgrade it, remembering that this is production server and I have to keep it working properly? 6.2-RC1 - 6.2 RELEASE - 7.2 RELEASE - 8.0

Re: Which version of FreeBSD is it?

2010-03-17 Thread Svein Skogen (Listmail Account)
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 17.03.2010 18:03, Bas v.d. Wiel wrote: On Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:36:38 +0100, Mikolaj Rydzewski m...@ceti.pl wrote: Антон Клесс wrote: That is what I suspected for. What is the most safe way to upgrade it, remembering that this is production

Re: Which version of FreeBSD is it?

2010-03-17 Thread Alejandro Imass
On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 9:56 AM, Антон Клесс antoniok@gmail.com wrote: I have the server that's running FreeBSD for the last few years, but I saw it only year ago and know nothing about when and how was installed FreeBSD on it. # uname -a FreeBSD myhost.net 6.2-RC1 FreeBSD 6.2-RC1 #4:

Re: Which version of FreeBSD is it?

2010-03-17 Thread Ivan Voras
Антон Клесс wrote: That is what I suspected for. What is the most safe way to upgrade it, remembering that this is production server and I have to keep it working properly? 6.2-RC1 - 6.2 RELEASE - 7.2 RELEASE - 8.0 RELEASE, or somehow in this style? Depending on what your requirements for

Re: Which version of FreeBSD is it?

2010-03-17 Thread Amitabh Kant
2010/3/17 Ricardo Jesus ricardo.meb.je...@gmail.com It should be 6.2-RC1 - 6.2 - 6.4 - 7.2 - 8.0 Dont' think freebsd-update supports 6.2 (AFAIR it supports from 6.4 onwards), so you probably will have to use csup. freebsd-update was available from 6.2, so there is a good chance it should be

Re: Which version of FreeBSD a binary was compiled for?

2005-10-28 Thread Andrew P.
On 10/28/05, Micah [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: David Kirchner wrote: On 10/27/05, Will Maier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Must be -- some flag produces unique bits in the executables. I'm a little surprised there isn't (AFAICT) anything descriptive in file(1)'s manpage or /u/s/mi/magic that would

Re: Which version of FreeBSD a binary was compiled for?

2005-10-27 Thread Andrew P.
On 10/27/05, Joshua Tinnin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed 26 Oct 05 09:18, Andrew P. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 10/26/05, Robert Huff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Andrew P. writes: file /usr/bin/man on my machine outputs: /usr/bin/man: ELF 32-bit LSB executable,

Re: Which version of FreeBSD a binary was compiled for?

2005-10-27 Thread Micah
Andrew P. wrote: On 10/27/05, Joshua Tinnin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed 26 Oct 05 09:18, Andrew P. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 10/26/05, Robert Huff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Andrew P. writes: file /usr/bin/man on my machine outputs: /usr/bin/man: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel

Re: Which version of FreeBSD a binary was compiled for?

2005-10-27 Thread Will Maier
On Thu, Oct 27, 2005 at 06:51:21AM -0700, Micah wrote: I have a 5.4 system, /do/ go into single user when upgrading, and file does /not/ report FreeBSD version. I get the same output you do. It would be nice to know why this works on some systems and not on others. Consider diff'ing the

Re: Which version of FreeBSD a binary was compiled for?

2005-10-27 Thread Micah
Will Maier wrote: On Thu, Oct 27, 2005 at 06:51:21AM -0700, Micah wrote: I have a 5.4 system, /do/ go into single user when upgrading, and file does /not/ report FreeBSD version. I get the same output you do. It would be nice to know why this works on some systems and not on others.

Re: Which version of FreeBSD a binary was compiled for?

2005-10-27 Thread Micah
Will Maier wrote: On Thu, Oct 27, 2005 at 06:51:21AM -0700, Micah wrote: I have a 5.4 system, /do/ go into single user when upgrading, and file does /not/ report FreeBSD version. I get the same output you do. It would be nice to know why this works on some systems and not on others.

Re: Which version of FreeBSD a binary was compiled for?

2005-10-27 Thread Will Maier
On Thu, Oct 27, 2005 at 11:36:18AM -0700, Micah wrote: In other words, it's not file that broken, but /every/ executable on the broken machine is broken. Now why would that be? A compiler flag or something? Must be -- some flag produces unique bits in the executables. I'm a little surprised

Re: Which version of FreeBSD a binary was compiled for?

2005-10-27 Thread David Kirchner
On 10/27/05, Will Maier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Must be -- some flag produces unique bits in the executables. I'm a little surprised there isn't (AFAICT) anything descriptive in file(1)'s manpage or /u/s/mi/magic that would explain the discrepancy. Didn't see anything in quick looks through

Re: Which version of FreeBSD a binary was compiled for?

2005-10-27 Thread Micah
David Kirchner wrote: On 10/27/05, Will Maier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Must be -- some flag produces unique bits in the executables. I'm a little surprised there isn't (AFAICT) anything descriptive in file(1)'s manpage or /u/s/mi/magic that would explain the discrepancy. Didn't see anything in

Re: Which version of FreeBSD a binary was compiled for?

2005-10-26 Thread Andrew P.
On 10/26/05, Will Maier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Oct 26, 2005 at 02:24:54AM +0400, Andrew P. wrote: How to tell? Apart from trying to launch it on different versions without COMPAT* in the kernel? file (1) I don't mean to push it, but how file would ever help me to know subj?

Re: Which version of FreeBSD a binary was compiled for?

2005-10-26 Thread Michael C. Shultz
On Wednesday 26 October 2005 00:01, Andrew P. wrote: On 10/26/05, Will Maier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Oct 26, 2005 at 02:24:54AM +0400, Andrew P. wrote: How to tell? Apart from trying to launch it on different versions without COMPAT* in the kernel? file (1) I don't mean to

Re: Which version of FreeBSD a binary was compiled for?

2005-10-26 Thread Andrew P.
On 10/26/05, Michael C. Shultz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wednesday 26 October 2005 00:01, Andrew P. wrote: On 10/26/05, Will Maier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Oct 26, 2005 at 02:24:54AM +0400, Andrew P. wrote: How to tell? Apart from trying to launch it on different versions

Re: Which version of FreeBSD a binary was compiled for?

2005-10-26 Thread Robert Huff
Andrew P. writes: file /usr/bin/man on my machine outputs: /usr/bin/man: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1 (FreeBSD), for FreeBSD 5.4-CURRENT (rev 3), dynamically linked (uses shared libs), stripped Oh, it's just that file hasn't leared anything about

Re: Which version of FreeBSD a binary was compiled for?

2005-10-26 Thread Andrew P.
On 10/26/05, Robert Huff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Andrew P. writes: file /usr/bin/man on my machine outputs: /usr/bin/man: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1 (FreeBSD), for FreeBSD 5.4-CURRENT (rev 3), dynamically linked (uses shared libs), stripped

Re: Which version of FreeBSD a binary was compiled for?

2005-10-26 Thread Joshua Tinnin
On Wed 26 Oct 05 09:18, Andrew P. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 10/26/05, Robert Huff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Andrew P. writes: file /usr/bin/man on my machine outputs: /usr/bin/man: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1 (FreeBSD), for FreeBSD

Which version of FreeBSD a binary was compiled for?

2005-10-25 Thread Andrew P.
How to tell? Apart from trying to launch it on different versions without COMPAT* in the kernel? One can always carefully examine the output of ldd, readelf and other such tools, but that requires much knowledge and a small lab with all kinds of BSD's set up. Is there a better way?

Re: Which version of FreeBSD a binary was compiled for?

2005-10-25 Thread Will Maier
On Wed, Oct 26, 2005 at 02:24:54AM +0400, Andrew P. wrote: How to tell? Apart from trying to launch it on different versions without COMPAT* in the kernel? file (1) One can always carefully examine the output of ldd, readelf and other such tools, but that requires much knowledge and a small

Re: Which Version of FreeBSD?

2004-09-30 Thread Aaron Siegel
I really believe the choose would depend on your requirements and your experience. If you are new to open source Unix-like environment then you should not use either in version in a production environment unless you can afford the cost associated with learning a new system. Do not under

Which version of FreeBSD to support a 3ware Escalade 7006 and 8006 controllers?

2004-08-16 Thread Darren Pilgrim
I'm looking at getting a 3ware Escalade 7006 or 8006 RAID controller for one of my servers. The machine presently runs RELENG_4_8. The twe man page for that version doesn't list the 7000 or 8000 series controllers. However, 3ware lists 4.8 as the supported version of FreeBSD for both. Which is

Which version of freebsd..

2004-04-25 Thread lists
Currently were going to reinstall all servers we have from redhat 9 to freebsd because redhat 9 is EOL... But after reading a few mails here that 4.9 is most likely not supported for a long time.. what version should we take then? We will be using it for multiple servers (mail, database, app,

Re: Which version of freebsd..

2004-04-25 Thread Lewis Thompson
On Sun, Apr 25, 2004 at 12:54:56AM +0200, lists wrote: Currently were going to reinstall all servers we have from redhat 9 to freebsd because redhat 9 is EOL... But after reading a few mails here that 4.9 is most likely not supported for a long time.. what version should we take then? Looks

Re: Which version of freebsd..

2004-04-25 Thread Matthew Seaman
On Sun, Apr 25, 2004 at 12:54:56AM +0200, lists wrote: Currently were going to reinstall all servers we have from redhat 9 to freebsd because redhat 9 is EOL... But after reading a few mails here that 4.9 is most likely not supported for a long time.. what version should we take then?