RE: 5.2.1 to 6.2 Migration.

2007-11-04 Thread Chris Haulmark
Kevin Kinsey [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Lowell Gilbert wrote: Chris Haulmark [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Grant Peel wrote: I thought I would ask the question before I do it the hard way 1. Can FreeBSD be upgraded from 5.2.1 to 6.2 ? Yes. 2. Can it be done through an

Re: 5.2.1 to 6.2 Migration.

2007-11-04 Thread Beech Rintoul
On Saturday 03 November 2007, Chris Haulmark said: Kevin Kinsey [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Lowell Gilbert wrote: Chris Haulmark [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Grant Peel wrote: I thought I would ask the question before I do it the hard way 1. Can FreeBSD be upgraded from

RE: 5.2.1 to 6.2 Migration.

2007-11-04 Thread Chris Haulmark
But the phrase reinstall most of the system doesn't, at the very least, *sound* like the BSD Way(tm). Granted, sometimes it's quicker --- I know that's why it's used so often on that Other System ;-) If you have reinstalled a userland that depends on a kernel that

Re: 5.2.1 to 6.2 Migration.

2007-11-04 Thread Olivier Nicole
I prefer to do [build|install]world prior to building the kernel with the new installed tools. Even with an outsynced system, the most common tools to be affected are ps and top. Even when a kernel fails to boot all the way through, you can still rebuild a new kernel after booting with

Re: 5.2.1 to 6.2 Migration.

2007-11-03 Thread Derek Ragona
At 11:56 AM 11/3/2007, Grant Peel wrote: Hi all, I thought I would ask the question before I do it the hard way 1. Can FreeBSD be upgraded from 5.2.1 to 6.2 ? if so ... 2. Can it be done through an ssh connection, or MUST I make the trip to the farm and do it from the console? -Grant

RE: 5.2.1 to 6.2 Migration.

2007-11-03 Thread Chris Haulmark
Hi all, I thought I would ask the question before I do it the hard way 1. Can FreeBSD be upgraded from 5.2.1 to 6.2 ? Yes. if so ... 2. Can it be done through an ssh connection, or MUST I make the trip to the farm and do it from the console? I've done 5.x to 6.x upgrades

Re: 5.2.1 to 6.2 Migration.

2007-11-03 Thread Lowell Gilbert
Chris Haulmark [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Grant Peel wrote: Hi all, I thought I would ask the question before I do it the hard way 1. Can FreeBSD be upgraded from 5.2.1 to 6.2 ? Yes. if so ... 2. Can it be done through an ssh connection, or MUST I make the trip to the farm

Re: 5.2.1 to 6.2 Migration.

2007-11-03 Thread Kevin Kinsey
Lowell Gilbert wrote: Chris Haulmark [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Grant Peel wrote: I thought I would ask the question before I do it the hard way 1. Can FreeBSD be upgraded from 5.2.1 to 6.2 ? Yes. 2. Can it be done through an ssh connection, or MUST I make the trip to the farm

Re: 5.2.1 to 6.2 Migration.

2007-11-03 Thread Lowell Gilbert
Kevin Kinsey [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Lowell Gilbert wrote: Chris Haulmark [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Grant Peel wrote: I thought I would ask the question before I do it the hard way 1. Can FreeBSD be upgraded from 5.2.1 to 6.2 ? Yes. 2. Can it be done through an ssh connection,