Re: Upgrade v5.x to v7.0
** At 12:14 -0400 on 08/11/2008, Robert Huff wrote: Vince Sabio writes: I am currently running FreeBSD v5.1 (yes, I am a Bad Person(tm)), Why? Why am I a Bad Person(tm), or why am I still running v5.1? and need to update it to v7.0. Questions: 1. Can I go straight from v5.1 to v7.0? Or do I need to make a stop at v6.x? It is probably technically possible. However: when jumping major versions, my advice is always If possible, install from clean disk. I assume you mean install from a clean CD -- I did that, and it worked like a charm. And, for anyone else running v5.x who is considering upgrading to v7.0, this seems to be a very good way to do it. I downloaded and burned a bootonly.iso, and then ran the upgrade via [passive] FTP. Ten or fifteen minutes later, I was booting into v7.0. In either case: remember to save critical config files (rc.conf, the kernel config, sshd_config, the named directory, etc.) elsewhere. The fact that the upgrade worked proves that my backups are in good shape -- if they weren't, then the upgrade would have overwritten the system disk and then failed. ;-) __ Vince Sabio [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Upgrade v5.x to v7.0
Vince Sabio writes: I am currently running FreeBSD v5.1 (yes, I am a Bad Person(tm)), Why? and need to update it to v7.0. Questions: 1. Can I go straight from v5.1 to v7.0? Or do I need to make a stop at v6.x? It is probably technically possible. However: when jumping major versions, my advice is always If possible, install from clean disk. On the down-side, it is moderately more work than upgrading. On the up-side: 1) if something goes Horribly Wrong, you're not screwed 2) you will avoid library version conflicts, and indeed reclaim space used by orphaned libraries (and other files) 3) if desirable, you can re-size partitions Others are left as an exercise to the reader. In either case: remember to save critical config files (rc.conf, the kernel config, sshd_config, the named directory, etc.) elsewhere. Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Upgrade v5.x to v7.0
I am currently running FreeBSD v5.1 (yes, I am a Bad Person(tm)), and need to update it to v7.0. Questions: 1. Can I go straight from v5.1 to v7.0? Or do I need to make a stop at v6.x? 2. I'm Unix shell literate with a reasonable level of Solaris sysadmin experience, but have no experience (yet) with FreeBSD updates. Is there a site with step-by-step instructions for the uninitiated, to help minimize Pr(failure)? 3. Anything else I should know? Muchas gracias __ Vince Sabio [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Upgrade v5.x to v7.0
Vince Sabio wrote: I am currently running FreeBSD v5.1 (yes, I am a Bad Person(tm)), and need to update it to v7.0. Questions: 1. Can I go straight from v5.1 to v7.0? Or do I need to make a stop at v6.x? Theoretically it might be possible but definitely not recommended. 5.1 is very old (it's not even labeled STABLE - are you sure FreeBSD updates track such old releases?) and there might be unexpected problems. 2. I'm Unix shell literate with a reasonable level of Solaris sysadmin experience, but have no experience (yet) with FreeBSD updates. Is there a site with step-by-step instructions for the uninitiated, to help minimize Pr(failure)? 3. Anything else I should know? You probably don't want to do it with binary upgrades, for many reasons, including unexpected problems (i.e. possibility of ending up with a system so messed up nobody could help you restore it). Do a source upgrade to 6.0 then to 7.0 - it's not hard. For best effects, you need to also recompile all additional ports installed on the server (actually, you *can* run ports compiled for 5.x on 7.x but as soon as you need to upgrade one of them, you'll probably need to upgrade all or most of them because of cross-dependencies). signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: Upgrade v5.x to v7.0
** At 00:25 +0200 on 08/12/2008, Ivan Voras wrote: Vince Sabio wrote: I am currently running FreeBSD v5.1 (yes, I am a Bad Person(tm)), and need to update it to v7.0. Questions: 1. Can I go straight from v5.1 to v7.0? Or do I need to make a stop at v6.x? Theoretically it might be possible but definitely not recommended. 5.1 is very old (it's not even labeled STABLE Neither am I -- so my FreeBSD box and I are even. - are you sure FreeBSD updates track such old releases?) I don't think they do. and there might be unexpected problems. 2. I'm Unix shell literate with a reasonable level of Solaris sysadmin experience, but have no experience (yet) with FreeBSD updates. Is there a site with step-by-step instructions for the uninitiated, to help minimize Pr(failure)? 3. Anything else I should know? You probably don't want to do it with binary upgrades, for many reasons, including unexpected problems (i.e. possibility of ending up with a system so messed up nobody could help you restore it). Do a source upgrade to 6.0 then to 7.0 - it's not hard. For best effects, you need to also recompile all additional ports installed on the server (actually, you *can* run ports compiled for 5.x on 7.x but as soon as you need to upgrade one of them, you'll probably need to upgrade all or most of them because of cross-dependencies). Got it. There are sites that go through the 6.x to 7.0 upgrade, but I've foud nothing that explains how to get from 5. to 6.x. Any ideas here? __ Vince Sabio [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
