COMPAT4X and 5.x ... how backwards compatible?

[Julian Elischer]

On Sat, 15 May 2004, Marc G. Fournier wrote:

> 
> I'm picking up some new servers, and want to start looking at migrating to
> 5.x from 4.x ... how viable is it to install 5.x on the new server, and
> move an existing jail'd environment over to there and run it, with the 4.x
> binaries/libraries inside of the jail?  Is this "wishful thinking" on my
> part, that this would be possible?

I have done this..
you wll need to put in place a few static binaries from 5.x
'ps, top, netstat come to mind'
and it won't let you log in until you mont the devfs in the jail.

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