On Fri, Jan 07, 2011 at 03:05:14PM +0100, Erik Trulsson wrote: > On Fri, Jan 07, 2011 at 12:02:59PM +0000, Frank Shute wrote: > > 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. > > That by itself should not be a showstopper, since newer FreeBSD > releases (incl. 8.1) still support UFS1 and can run perfectly fine on > it. Although it is generally a good idea to use UFS2 rather than UFS1 > with FreeBSD 5+ it is certainly not necessary.
The thing to do is create the UFS2 new system and use it to read the stuff you need from the old UFS1 system/disk. Then just use the new disk. ////jerry > -- > <Insert your favourite quote here.> > Erik Trulsson > [email protected] > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]" _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
