I had two 151a9 systems (with very little installed) which upgraded fairly cleanly to a 2015 snapshot of hipster, following this page:
https://wiki.openindiana.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=30802657 Make backups, YMMV, etc. Tim On Tue, Sep 26, 2017 at 9:43 AM, Daniel Kjar <dk...@elmira.edu> wrote: > I think I will try upgrading a snapshot of the VM I created of the actual > server and see how that goes... I don't think there will hardware problems > on the server since it is a sun x2200m2. > > > > On 09/26/17 08:43, Jonathan Adams wrote: > >> Like you, I have a few 151a boxes lying around. >> >> Originally I had a box that was upgrade every few weeks, and it managed to >> be upgraded to the latest hipster, so it is possible. However the number >> of incremental changes that have happened since 151a, and the incrementals >> might have been pruned over time, which means that the general advice now >> is that you do a fresh install and copy on your files. >> >> The 151a boxes I have will be replaced in the next year, so that potential >> headache will go away for me, and they will be fresh install on new >> hardware. >> >> Either way you decide to go, remember to take plenty of backups before you >> start. >> >> Jon >> >> On 26 September 2017 at 13:17, Daniel Kjar <dk...@elmira.edu> wrote: >> >> I have been letting things just 'run' for quite a while now but since I >>> started working towards virtualizing my systems I have come to notice >>> that >>> 151a is no longer a thing... Is it 'safe' for me to upgrade my servers >>> (a >>> file server and a web server/mysql server) to hipster? I don't want to >>> let >>> them rot on 151a if that is no longer being supported. That whole will >>> likely just get deeper. >>> >>> >>> I hate to do it but I could start fresh with hipster but I haven't >>> installed all of my stuff in 10 years so I am not sure I even remember >>> where to look for my notes on what I did... >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Dr. Daniel Kjar >>> Associate Professor of Biology >>> Division of Mathematics and Natural Sciences >>> Elmira College >>> 1 Park Place >>> Elmira, NY 14901 >>> 607-735-1826 >>> http://faculty.elmira.edu/dkjar >>> >>> "...humans send their young men to war; ants send their old ladies" >>> -E. O. Wilson >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> openindiana-discuss mailing list >>> openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org >>> https://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >> openindiana-discuss mailing list >> openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org >> https://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss >> > > -- > Dr. Daniel Kjar > Associate Professor of Biology > Division of Mathematics and Natural Sciences > Elmira College > 1 Park Place > Elmira, NY 14901 > 607-735-1826 > http://faculty.elmira.edu/dkjar > > "...humans send their young men to war; ants send their old ladies" > -E. O. Wilson > > > > _______________________________________________ > openindiana-discuss mailing list > openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org > https://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss > _______________________________________________ openindiana-discuss mailing list openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org https://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
