Re: Updating FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE i386 to 7.2 amd64?

From: nocturnal <swehack_at_gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2009 15:02:56 +0200
Thanks for the pointers Henrik.

I have decided that you are right, it's too much of a headache. I would
rather just re-install and restore backups.

2009/10/7 Henrik Hudson <lists_at_rhavenn.net>

> On Mon, 05 Oct 2009, nocturnal wrote:
>
> > Can it be done with a simple cvs or binary update of FreeBSD or must i
> > re-install using some media?
> >
> > If i kept my /usr partition intact and just overwrote the important stuff
> > with new files from the CD it wouldn't be so bad with a re-install but it
> > would be nice if large parts of it could be done remote.
> >
> > What is your suggestion for this?
>
> You will have to recompile all ports (/usr/local ) and any manually
> installed apps due
> to the changes in the system libs. Personally, it's not worth the
> headache of trying to do a "upgrade" across architectures like this.
>
> Most of the items in /usr (outside of /usr/local) are part of the
> base system and should update "okay", but I don't know if you will
> be able to boot a x64 kernel into a x86 system, assuming you try a
> reboot between make installkernel and make installworld .
>
> I don't think a binary upgrade would work at all, but I've never
> actually done a binary upgrade. I always csup.
>
> On that note, I've never tried this, but I would recommend against it.
>
> Henrik
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> Henrik Hudson
> lists_at_rhavenn.net
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>
>


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