Re: upgrading form 4.2 to 5.x

2004-07-18 Thread Wojciech Puchar
Brent Bailey writes: The customer is running a file server samba also running apache running FBSD 4.2, he wants to upgrade using cvsup the make buildworld procedure to upgrade to 5.x. why they want an upgrade as 4.2 works fine? smells like windows.

Re: upgrading form 4.2 to 5.x

2004-07-18 Thread Matthew Seaman
On Sun, Jul 18, 2004 at 01:15:21PM +0200, Wojciech Puchar wrote: Brent Bailey writes: The customer is running a file server samba also running apache running FBSD 4.2, he wants to upgrade using cvsup the make buildworld procedure to upgrade to 5.x. why they want an upgrade as

upgrading form 4.2 to 5.x

2004-07-17 Thread Brent Bailey
Hello, My company has been asked to help with the upgrade of several Freebsd systems that are pretty old. The customer is running a file server samba also running apache running FBSD 4.2, he wants to upgrade using cvsup the make buildworld procedure to upgrade to 5.x. Im very familier with the

Re: upgrading form 4.2 to 5.x

2004-07-17 Thread Remko Lodder
Brent Bailey wrote: Hello, My company has been asked to help with the upgrade of several Freebsd systems that are pretty old. The customer is running a file server samba also running apache running FBSD 4.2, he wants to upgrade using cvsup the make buildworld procedure to upgrade to 5.x. Im very

Re: upgrading form 4.2 to 5.x

2004-07-17 Thread Evren Yurtesen
Remko Lodder wrote: Brent Bailey wrote: Hello, My company has been asked to help with the upgrade of several Freebsd systems that are pretty old. The customer is running a file server samba also running apache running FBSD 4.2, he wants to upgrade using cvsup the make buildworld procedure to

upgrading form 4.2 to 5.x

2004-07-17 Thread Robert Huff
Brent Bailey writes: The customer is running a file server samba also running apache running FBSD 4.2, he wants to upgrade using cvsup the make buildworld procedure to upgrade to 5.x. Your familiarity not withstanding, I would recommend against this. About the only reason to do

Re: upgrading form 4.2 to 5.x

2004-07-17 Thread Helge Oldach
Remko Lodder: Brent Bailey wrote: Hello, My company has been asked to help with the upgrade of several Freebsd systems that are pretty old. The customer is running a file server samba also running apache running FBSD 4.2, he wants to upgrade using cvsup the make buildworld procedure to

Re: upgrading form 4.2 to 5.x

2004-07-17 Thread Andrew J Caines
Conventional wisdom is that upgrading over major versions is an interesting academic exercise and an a great display of the power and flexibility of the platform, but that if you're just trying to get a working system then a clean install is the preferred method. With good separation of system,

Re: upgrading form 4.2 to 5.x

2004-07-17 Thread epilogue
On Sat, 17 Jul 2004 14:50:13 +0200 Remko Lodder [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Brent Bailey wrote: Hello, My company has been asked to help with the upgrade of several Freebsd systems that are pretty old. The customer is running a file server samba also running apache running FBSD 4.2, he

Re: upgrading form 4.2 to 5.x

2004-07-17 Thread epilogue
On Sat, 17 Jul 2004 17:14:22 -0400 epilogue [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, 17 Jul 2004 14:50:13 +0200 Remko Lodder [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Brent Bailey wrote: Hello, My company has been asked to help with the upgrade of several Freebsd systems that are pretty old. The

Re: upgrading form 4.2 to 5.x

2004-07-17 Thread Kevin Oberman
Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2004 17:14:22 -0400 From: epilogue [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Sat, 17 Jul 2004 14:50:13 +0200 Remko Lodder [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Brent Bailey wrote: Hello, My company has been asked to help with the upgrade of several Freebsd systems