Hans F. Nordhaug
2006-Oct-19 12:39 UTC
daemonology.net instructions - binary upgrade 5.3 to 6.1
At daemonology.net Colin Percival has some excellent instructions on how to do binary upgrades - he has even written a script to do a 6.0 to 6.1 upgrade. My question is: Can I do a 5.3 to 6.1 upgrade using the instructions for "5.4 system to FreeBSD 6.0" - see http://www.daemonology.net/freebsd-upgrade-5.4-to-6.0/ Or, should I upgrade 5.3 to 6.0 and finally use the script to get from 6.0 to 6.1? I assume the former, but just want to be sure. Hans PS! Yes, I probably could have asked Colin directly, but I assume this question is relevant for other 5.3 users too.
Colin Percival
2006-Oct-19 16:18 UTC
daemonology.net instructions - binary upgrade 5.3 to 6.1
Hans F. Nordhaug wrote:> At daemonology.net Colin Percival has some excellent instructions on > how to do binary upgrades - he has even written a script to do a 6.0 > to 6.1 upgrade. My question is: Can I do a 5.3 to 6.1 upgrade using > the instructions for "5.4 system to FreeBSD 6.0" - see > http://www.daemonology.net/freebsd-upgrade-5.4-to-6.0/ > Or, should I upgrade 5.3 to 6.0 and finally use the script to > get from 6.0 to 6.1? I assume the former, but just want to be sure.Either option will probably work; but I've never done a 5.3->6.0 binary upgrade directly, so I can't guarantee that it will work. :-) Colin Percival