On Thu, Jan 06, 2011 at 07:45:28AM -0800, patrick wrote: > > I know this is a bit crazy, but is there any opinion as to whether a > binary upgrade using an 8.1 CD would work to upgrade a system running > 4.10? Normally I would want to do a fresh install, but it's at a > remote client site where it's not going to be easy to do it that way, > and I'm going to need to guide someone less experienced through the > install/upgrade process.
An upgrade using a CD wouldn't work as the filesystem changed from UFS1 to UFS2 betweeen 4 and 5. I'm afraid as others have indicated, you'll have to visit the site or ship a preconfigured box to the site. Regards, -- Frank Contact info: http://www.shute.org.uk/misc/contact.html _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
