On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 12:51 PM, Thomas Backman <serenity_at_exscape.org>wrote: > On Sep 15, 2009, at 7:36 PM, Rom Albuquerque wrote: > > Hi folks. Need help in doing the following, but first want to check >> and see if it is feasible with the latest release, or if I'm just going to >> be spinning my wheels on this one. >> >> The Objective. >> ============== >> >> I have a FreeBSD 4.9-RELEASE system which I want to upgrade to 7.X >> from the source level. Had a bunch of problems installing 7.1-RELEASE from >> the CD distribution I got from freebsdmall.com. Several problems that >> could not mount the CD at the time of installation causing sysinstall >> to halt. So, 4.9 is installed and working, is there a source level >> backward compatibility issue between 7.x and anything older than 6.0 ? >> In other words, upgrading from the sources with such an old >> distribution is a doable task ? >> >> >> Your response is greatly appreciated. >> >> Many thanks. >> > I can't say how many steps are needed, but more than one. > From /usr/src/UPDATING: > > 20080123: > To upgrade to -current after this date, you must be running > FreeBSD not older than 6.0-RELEASE. Upgrading to -current > from 5.x now requires a stop over at RELENG_6 or RELENG_7 systems. > > Regards, > Thomas I read that as he can go straight to RELENG_7 without a stop, it's after that is an issue. Provided there's nothing else in /usr/src/UPDATING anyways. -- Adam Vande MoreReceived on Tue Sep 15 2009 - 16:33:21 UTC
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