On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 10:00 AM, Kelly Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> This weekend I finally got around to trying freebsd-update on 6.2. It
> is there and works, but it would only update me to 6.2-RELEASE-p11. It
> told me 6.2 was past its end-of-life date (which I already knew).
> There was
On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 9:07 PM, andrew clarke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue 2008-11-18 16:47:20 UTC-0700, Kelly Martin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
>
>> With the release of FreeBSD 6.4 imminent, I'd like to prepare for an
>> upgrade from FreeBSD 6.2 -> 6.4.
>
> Have you considered using freebs
On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 10:13:50PM -0800, Benjamin Lee wrote:
> On 11/18/08 21:43, Jeremy Chadwick wrote:
> [...]
> > You can only use it on 7.x if you add compatibility libraries and ensure
> > your kernel has COMPAT_FREEBSD6 in it. These libraries have given some
> > users trouble in the past; y
On 11/18/08 21:43, Jeremy Chadwick wrote:
[...]
> You can only use it on 7.x if you add compatibility libraries and ensure
> your kernel has COMPAT_FREEBSD6 in it. These libraries have given some
> users trouble in the past; you will find most people advocate rebuilding
> all ports from scratch (p
On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 03:07:32PM +1100, andrew clarke wrote:
> On Tue 2008-11-18 16:47:20 UTC-0700, Kelly Martin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
>
> > With the release of FreeBSD 6.4 imminent, I'd like to prepare for an
> > upgrade from FreeBSD 6.2 -> 6.4.
>
> Have you considered using freebsd-updat
On Tue 2008-11-18 16:47:20 UTC-0700, Kelly Martin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> With the release of FreeBSD 6.4 imminent, I'd like to prepare for an
> upgrade from FreeBSD 6.2 -> 6.4.
Have you considered using freebsd-update? From memory, it supports 6.2.
> Please excuse my ignorance but in my m
On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 6:47 PM, Kelly Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> With the release of FreeBSD 6.4 imminent, I'd like to prepare for an
> upgrade from FreeBSD 6.2 -> 6.4. Please excuse my ignorance but in my
> mind here's what I plan to do when it's available:
>
> 1. install / run the upgr
With the release of FreeBSD 6.4 imminent, I'd like to prepare for an
upgrade from FreeBSD 6.2 -> 6.4. Please excuse my ignorance but in my
mind here's what I plan to do when it's available:
1. install / run the upgrade script using CD-ROM media to a 6.4
GENERIC kernel, reboot
2. customize the kern
