Le 27 avr. 2013 à 18:11, Robert Huff <roberth...@rcn.com> a écrit :
> > b...@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 > ________________________________________________ «?»¥«?»§«?»¥«?»§«?»¥«?»§«?»¥«?»§«?»¥«?»§«?»¥«?»§ ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ BSD - BSD - BSD - BSD - BSD - BSD - BSD - BSD - ________________________________________________ «?»¥«?»§«?»¥«?»§«?»¥«?»§«?»¥«?»§«?»¥«?»§«?»¥«?»§ ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ PGP ID --> 0x1BA3C2FD _______________________________________________ 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"
