RE: UPGRADing from 5.4- Sysinstall or makeworld

/usr/src/UPDATING is part of the regular /usr/src tree. You will see this on the install CD or if you cvsup to a newer version.

-Derek


At 10:20 AM 4/2/2007, Jean-Paul Natola wrote:
I do not have /usr/src/UPDATING

I have

# locate UPDATING
/usr/local/share/doc/exim/README.UPDATING
/usr/ports/UPDATING
/usr/ports/mail/dspam/files/UPDATING
/usr/ports/mail/dspam-devel/files/UPDATING


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From: Derek Ragona [mailto:derek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Monday, April 02, 2007 11:02 AM
To: Jean-Paul Natola; freebsd-questions@xxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: UPGRADing from 5.4- Sysinstall or makeworld

The difference is a binary upgrade using sysinstall booting a later version CD or using cvsup and a source install. Both should work fine for your setup. If you want to go to 6.X you should go to 5.5 first.

Read /usr/src/UPDATING in all cases.

-Derek


At 09:44 AM 4/2/2007, Jean-Paul Natola wrote:

Hi everyone,

I'm think I really need to upgrade from 5.4 as I'm having a slew of issues
with my programs- specifically exim-sa-clamav-

My concern is that this was the only BSD install I had ever done with
assistance from a colleague from across the border- So all I have been doing
for the past year is cvsup-ing and portupgrading- however as mentioned
earlier I'm running into issues that are consuming too much time for me to
resolve as I am a one man IT department here.

The first thing I'd like to know is if my box can indeed handle the upgrade
to 6.2 -

I have the following hardware-

PIII 500mhz
256 ram
8 gig hard-drive

The ONLY thing I use this box for is to filter mail that then gets passed to
my exchange server-

Are there any gotcha's I need to lookout for before attempting this upgrade,
since this filters my e-mail if I screw up- I will have no incoming mail-
lest I choose to redirect my SMTP directly to my mail server- NOT A GOOD
IDEA.

So I see there are two methods of upgrading - sysinstall or makeworld- what
would be the optimal choice for someone with limited experience in the BSD
world-

Thanks









Jean-Paul Natola
Network Administrator
Information Technology
Family Care International
588 Broadway Suite 503
New York, NY 10012
Phone:212-941-5300 xt 36
Fax: 212-941-5563
Mailto: Jnatola@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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