On Thu, Jan 12, 2006 at 10:00:50AM +0000, Crispy Beef wrote: > >There have been major changes in processes such as threads. You also > >have to boot the 5.3 update in single user mode to have a kernel that > >accepts the new arrangement and then install the userland. Before 5.1 > >or 5.2 it didn't matter much but there was an fs change that you update > >in single user mode or boot the fix disc to finish the botched update. > > > >You also have the problem that probably none of your ports from 4.x will > >work at 6.0. This could take quite a bit of time to upgrade. > > One advantage is that I didn't really bother with the ports on that server, > I rolled my own apps as I wasn't totally up with the ports system at the > time, just seemed easier until I go the hang of it, so I probably would go > for a fresh install of ports and get the latest versions of software > installed that way.
You'll need to delete them all by hand somehow, of course. Otherwise you'll have conflicts between your old and new stuff. > The server is used for web hosting so I only really need to save out a few > config files for virtual hosts etc. and the email directories. > > It's sounding as though it might be easier just to have an hour or two of > downtime late one night and do a fresh install... Yes, this will be easiest (or use sysinstall's 'upgrade' mode). Unless you have a serial console, doing the src upgrade will be hard and prone to dramatic failure. Kris
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