Upgrading from 7.4 to 9.1

[bsd at todoo.biz]

Le 27 avr. 2013 à 18:11, Robert Huff <roberthuff at rcn.com> a écrit :

> 
> bsd at todoo.biz writes:
> 
>> I wanted to know if you would consider updating from 7.4 to 9.1
>> directly ?
>> 
>> Has anyone tried that with success ? 
> 
> 	Someone, somewhere.  :-)
> 	
>> I plan to use the freebsd-update method. 
> 
> 	Less sure about this.
> 
> 	While it is certainly possible, many (myself included) will
> recommend a clean install.  Doing so has the following advantages:
> 
> 	1) while it requires an unused disk, the old disk is still
> 	available if anything Goes Horribly Wrong(tm).
> 	2) once the 9.1 system is fully functional, you can mount the
> 	7.4 disk read-only and copy any needed files.
> 	3) it will also de-clutter the file systems.
> 	4) speaking of file systems, you can add/delete/change
> 	partitions to implement lessons learned since the 7.4 system
> 	was installed.

Well to tell you the truth, the main reason I was asking is that I'll have to visit my datacenter in order to do a clean install… as opposed to remote upgrade. 

So I was wondering if that could be ok. 
But I'll stick to your advice. 

Unless someone else tells me that It is a painless rapid update. 


Thx. 

> 
> 
> 	Respectfully,
> 
> 
> 				Robert Huff
> 

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