upgrading FreeBSD
Erik Trulsson
ertr1013 at student.uu.se
Wed Feb 2 07:30:22 PST 2005
On Wed, Feb 02, 2005 at 10:13:11AM -0500, Greg Foster wrote:
> I was wondering if it is possible to upgrade from FreeBSD 3.2 to 5.3
> without doing a fresh install, and if possible what issues might I have.
Possible: Yes.
Recommended: Absolutely not!
You will almost certainly have to do it in several steps.
The sequence
3.2 -> 3.5.1
3.5.1 -> 4.1
4.1 -> 4.11
4.11 -> 5.3
*should* work, but no guarantees.
Remember to read /usr/src/UPDATING very carefully before each step -
most problems that you *will* encounter are documented there.
The sequence
backup all data
make a fresh install of 5.3
restore data from backup
will almost certainly be quicker, simpler, and less prone to
catastrophic failure.
(Making a backup of all important data is a *very* good idea anyway.)
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Erik Trulsson
ertr1013 at student.uu.se
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