Re: Upgrading Freebsd 5.4 release to 5.4 stable

2006-02-23 Thread Nikolas Britton
On 2/23/06, Jayesh Jayan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That was valuable in deed > > The 12 server are all identical but the problem is that the test machine > which we will be using is not of the same class as that of the server. > > Then all the server run a custom built kernel and not the ge

Re: Upgrading Freebsd 5.4 release to 5.4 stable

2006-02-23 Thread Nikolas Britton
On 2/23/06, Jayesh Jayan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > All are Dell Poweredge servers with identical specification. > > I did check the message logs an couldn't find any problem > > What are the other aspects which I need to check so as to find a solution. > I've had FreeBSD 5.4 randomly reboot on

Re: Upgrading Freebsd 5.4 release to 5.4 stable

2006-02-23 Thread Jayesh Jayan
All are Dell Poweredge servers with identical specification. I did check the message logs an couldn't find any problem What are the other aspects which I need to check so as to find a solution. On 2/23/06, Jerry McAllister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > That was valuable in deed > >

Re: Upgrading Freebsd 5.4 release to 5.4 stable

2006-02-23 Thread Jerry McAllister
> > That was valuable in deed > > The 12 server are all identical but the problem is that the test machine > which we will be using is not of the same class as that of the server. > > Then all the server run a custom built kernel and not the generic one. > > By "mode" I meant how to go abo

Re: Upgrading Freebsd 5.4 release to 5.4 stable

2006-02-23 Thread Jerry McAllister
> > By mode I meant -- > binary upgrade or cvs mode If you go to V-6.xxx as suggested, then do a fresh install, that includes wiping the disk and freshly building the slices and partitions/file systems. Of course, do the appropriate backups first and verify them at least a little. If you are j

Re: Upgrading Freebsd 5.4 release to 5.4 stable

2006-02-23 Thread Jayesh Jayan
By mode I meant -- > binary upgrade or cvs mode On 2/23/06, Jerry McAllister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > We have 12 servers running freebsd. They are basically web servers > having > > cpanel control panel. > > > > All these server are running FreeBSD 5.4 Release as of now. N

Re: Upgrading Freebsd 5.4 release to 5.4 stable

2006-02-23 Thread Jerry McAllister
> > Hi, > > We have 12 servers running freebsd. They are basically web servers having > cpanel control panel. > > All these server are running FreeBSD 5.4 Release as of now. Now are thinking > of upgrading it to 5.4 Stable > Hmmm. I wouldn't call that an upgrade really. Except for a few poss

Re: Upgrading Freebsd 5.4 release to 5.4 stable

2006-02-23 Thread Jayesh Jayan
That was valuable in deed The 12 server are all identical but the problem is that the test machine which we will be using is not of the same class as that of the server. Then all the server run a custom built kernel and not the generic one. By "mode" I meant how to go about doing this proce

Re: Upgrading Freebsd 5.4 release to 5.4 stable

2006-02-23 Thread Kevin Kinsey
Jayesh Jayan wrote: Hi, We have 12 servers running freebsd. They are basically web servers having cpanel control panel. All these server are running FreeBSD 5.4 Release as of now. Now are thinking of upgrading it to 5.4 Stable Please let me know the merits and demerits of the same. Do you fe

Upgrading Freebsd 5.4 release to 5.4 stable

2006-02-23 Thread Jayesh Jayan
Hi, We have 12 servers running freebsd. They are basically web servers having cpanel control panel. All these server are running FreeBSD 5.4 Release as of now. Now are thinking of upgrading it to 5.4 Stable Please let me know the merits and demerits of the same. Do you feel it is good move to u