Kjell Bristrand wrote:
I am about to finally go for the 7.x line, but am a little hesitant.
My concern is whether it will cause any problems to do a source upgrade from
6.4 (patched to 6.4-RELEASE-p3) to RELENG_7_2 on a gmirror install (/, /usr,
/var, and /tmp).
Can I go directly to RELENG_7_2? Would it work having / on the gmirror? Is
there anything else specific I should think about?
Fear not: you should be just fine. I've done similar upgrades a number of
times without any trouble. Having / on a gmirror won't be any bother -- gmirror
in 7.2 is either identical to gmirror in 6.4 or it groks the older version
and will transparently update itself.
Sure you can start with a 6.4 box, cvsup to RELENG_7_2, do the usual
build{world,kernel}, install{kernel,world} thing (to grossly oversimplfy the
excellent instructions in the Handbook and /usr/src/UPDATING) and you'll end
up with a 7.2-RELEASE system happily chugging along.
Or, if you are a freebsd-update user you can just follow the instructions here:
http://www.daemonology.net/blog/2007-11.html
Remember that because it is a major version upgrade you will need to recompile
all your ports for the sake of your future sanity, if nothing else.
Cheers,
Matthew
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