Upgrading from 6.3 to 7.1 -- how dangerous?

[Glen Barber]

On Sun, Apr 19, 2009 at 1:06 PM, John Almberg <jalmberg at identry.com> wrote:
> I need to upgrade a live, production server from 6.3 to 7.1. I can't afford
> to have any troubles with this server. I have Absolute FreeBSD and a few
> other BSD books, and the upgrade process looks fairly straightforward.
> That's the theory...

Wise man (who I won't name to keep his identity private) once said:
"In theory, there is no difference between practice and theory.  In
practice, there is."

> Real world question: how scared should I be?
>
> I've thought about setting up a dummy server, just to practice on. Is this a
> good idea? Or am I just a nervous Nellie?
>

Get a test box to do this on first. :)


-- 
Glen Barber